Knox Systems, the largest federal AI-managed cloud provider, and RapidFort, the leader in Software Supply Chain Security, today announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership. Effective immediately, Knox subscribers gain bundled access to RapidFort Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3 curated container images as part of their existing subscription. This expanded offering eliminates a critical compliance bottleneck on the FedRAMP path and provides a hardened, continuously maintained security foundation.
Knox subscribers gain bundled access to RapidFort FIPS 140-3 curated container images with no per-image licensing fees.
Knox enables vendors to inherit 60–80% of required FedRAMP controls on day one, compressing authorization to approximately 90 days.
RapidFort near-zero CVE images maintained continuously across Ubuntu, Red Hat, Alpine, and Debian.
Addresses threats from AI systems like Mythos that autonomously discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities.
Integration requires no source code changes and fits into existing CI/CD pipelines.
Knox serves Adobe, Celonis, OutSystems, Armis, BigID and more AI and SaaS providers.
“FedRAMP 20x and the White House's recent Memorandum 26-12 signal that the government wants to rapidly increase the use of commercial technology without sacrificing security,” said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems. “At Knox, we are answering the call by enabling SaaS companies to achieve ATO faster and more cost-effectively. The addition of RapidFort's FIPS images enables us to speed up the process even more while continuing to save valuable IT resources.”
“Since the outset of our partnership, we have proven that Knox and RapidFort are better together. Now we are making that combination the default,” said Mehran Farimani, CEO of RapidFort. “Every Knox customer automatically gets the most compliant and hardened container image foundation available anywhere - FIPS 140-3 validated, STIG and CIS benchmarked, and maintained at near-zero CVE.”
Faster FedRAMP 20 Certification: Knox already enables vendors to inherit 60–80% of required FedRAMP controls on day one, compressing authorization timelines to approximately 90 days without requiring agency sponsorship. The addition of RapidFort FIPS 140-3 curated images removes the next largest obstacle — container image compliance — from the vendor's plate entirely.
Structural CVE Defense, Not Reactive Patching: RapidFort near-zero CVE images are maintained continuously. As attack vectors like Mythos, the Anthropic AI system that autonomously discovers and exploits zero-day vulnerabilities, emerge and accelerate vulnerability weaponization, Knox customers can operate from a baseline that is already hardened.
Simplified Adoption, Unified Cost: The bundled model eliminates procurement complexity. Knox subscribers gain access to both FIPS and non-FIPS variants across all major OS distributions — Ubuntu, Red Hat, Alpine, and Debian, including Bitnami and official-image versions — under a single subscription and a single repository.
Knox Systems operates the largest managed federal cloud, trusted by top agencies and partners across defense and civilian sectors. Built for speed, resilience, and compliance, Knox delivers FedRAMP authorization in 90 days - turning the biggest bottleneck in government IT into the fastest path to modernization. Knox proudly serves Adobe, Celonis, OutSystems, Armis, BigID and more AI and SaaS providers.
RapidFort is the leader in Software Supply Chain Security, enabling organizations to eliminate risk across their software stack at scale. Its platform combines curated near-zero CVE container images, runtime profiling, and attack surface management to remove up to 99.9% of vulnerabilities within hours and reduce the attack surface by up to 90% without code changes.
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