RapidFort, the leader in end-to-end security for the global software supply chain, today announced major milestones that mark a surge in adoption, positioning the company for accelerated momentum and market expansion in 2026. The company has now exceeded 100 customers worldwide, including 40 that achieved FedRAMP or ATO certification through RapidFort’s platform and curated images. This continued traction underscores RapidFort’s leadership in trusted, compliant software delivery, reflected by a catalog of more than 15,000 Curated, near-zero CVE hardened images. RapidFort was also recognized in the 12025 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Container Management report.
“We maintain that our success reflects the trust our customers place in RapidFort to help them move faster and stay secure,” said George Manuelian, Chief Strategy and Sales Officer at RapidFort. “Our mission has always been to make secure software delivery a natural part of how modern teams build. The momentum we’re seeing today is proof that our approach resonates, and that RapidFort is becoming a trusted foundation for building software with confidence.”
Customer Trust Drives RapidFort’s Momentum
RapidFort’s growth is fueled by its ability to help teams build and ship secure software faster while reducing attack surfaces. Through a powerful combination of automated CVE remediation, continuous scanning, intelligent profiling, and automated hardening tools, RapidFort eliminates unnecessary vulnerabilities, streamlines compliance, and accelerates deployment cycles. Customers routinely achieve up to 95% fewer CVEs, reduced exposure across their software supply chain, and simplified audit readiness, all without code changes or pipeline disruption.
Expanding Customer Impact Across Regulated and Enterprise Markets
With over 100 organizations now leveraging RapidFort, the platform has become trusted across defense, federal, and enterprise sectors, with over 40 customers achieving FedRAMP or ATO certification. By automating vulnerability remediation, integrating runtime hardening, and providing Runtime Bill of Materials (RBOM™) visibility, RapidFort empowers teams to meet federal and enterprise standards with unprecedented speed. RapidFort’s customers include organizations such as:
- Defense Unicorns - Used RapidFort to harden and deploy secure software in classified environments, eliminating over 98% of critical and high CVEs and reducing image sizes by a total of 140MB (5.9%).
- ColorTokens - Accelerated federal certification timelines by three months after reducing its attack surface by 77% and cutting their vulnerability backlog.
- Beyond Identity - Reduced compliance costs by 50% while shortening its path to FedRAMP approval by three months.
Expanding the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Hardened Image Catalog
In addition, RapidFort’s 15,000 curated near-zero CVE, hardened images represent the most comprehensive secure image catalog available today. Each image is FIPS 140-3 validated, and STIG/CIS benchmarked, ensuring enterprise-grade compliance from the start. Beyond images, RapidFort provides end-to-end supply chain protection, securing both first and third-party software with RBOM™ insights, runtime monitoring, and automatic workload hardening, all of which is designed to reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen software security across the software development lifecycle.
Industry Recognition and a Look Ahead
RapidFort’s recognition in the 2025 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Container Management report comes at a time where software supply chains have become central to national and enterprise resilience. It’s clear to us that, RapidFort is setting the standard for delivering hardened, compliant, and open-source-based software, faster and confidently.
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About RapidFort
RapidFort offers a cybersecurity platform that streamlines and secures modern infrastructure. Their innovative approach allows organizations to continuously monitor and minimize their software attack surface, ultimately improving their security posture and operational efficiency. RapidFort empowers development and security teams with curated near-zero CVE images, making it easy to get started with secure software development. Learn more about RapidFort at https://www.rapidfort.com/.
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1 Gartner, Cool Vendors in Container Management, Dennis Smith, Tony Iams, et al., 25 September, 2025 |
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