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Minimus Enhances Container Security with Image Creator

Minimus, a frontrunner in the field of hardened container images and secure software, has announced the release of its latest innovation: Image Creator. This new feature allows users to build and customize their own hardened container images, fully utilizing Minimus' advanced security software and supply chain protection technologies.

With the rise of cyber threats and vulnerabilities in software, Minimus aims to provide enterprises with the tools needed to secure their containerized applications effectively. Image Creator grants users the flexibility to create personalized containers tailored to their specific workloads, while ensuring a consistent, hardened baseline across various environments. This capability is particularly crucial for organizations looking to optimize their application security practices.

A New Era of Customization and Control

Image Creator represents a significant milestone in Minimus' ongoing evolution as a comprehensive container security platform. Organizations can benefit from all the robust features associated with Minimus, including integrated exploit intelligence, signed Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs), and the option for continuous source rebuilds. These features play a vital role in enhancing open-source container security, ensuring software compliance, and mitigating operational risks.

“Minimus offers much more than just the reduction of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs),” stated John Morello, CTO and Co-Founder of Minimus. “By allowing customers to bring their custom images onto our platform, we are empowering them with unprecedented control and security for their containerized applications.” This flexibility is essential for businesses that must adapt their security measures to a fast-changing threat landscape.

Streamlining Development and Security Compliance

Entering the general availability phase, the launch follows months of private testing, which included cooperation with select Minimus clients. These collaborations ensured that users can seamlessly customize their images and integrate them into existing development workflows and software supply chain security practices.

In conjunction with the Image Creator, Minimus also previewed its new Supply Chain Protection feature. This addition addresses the growing threat of vulnerabilities found in popular frameworks such as Node.js and Python. Supply Chain Protection offers controls on software packages based on origin, maturity, and usage, without imposing any changes on established development processes or tools.

By extending protection capabilities into open-source software, Minimus is reinforcing its position as a leader in the container security landscape.

Rapid Adoption and Strategic Partnerships

Since its inception in April 2025, Minimus has experienced incredible growth, with thousands of users adopting its hardened container images. Notable integrations with leading cloud security providers such as Aqua Security, AWS, Google Cloud, Orca Security, Snyk, Upwind, and Wiz have enabled joint customers to access Minimus image data through their existing security tools, enhancing their operational visibility. This connectivity significantly decreases alert fatigue and streamlines oversight for secure containers across multiple environments.

Image Creator is now available for all Minimus customers, signaling a promising shift in how companies can maintain container security. Visit www.minimus.io for more information on how to leverage this powerful tool for your container security needs.

About Minimus

Founded in October 2022 by Ben Bernstein, Dima Stopel, and John Morello, Minimus specializes in significantly reducing the vulnerabilities associated with cloud software. As pioneers in container security, known for contributions to key standards such as NIST SP 800-190, Minimus strives to eliminate most vulnerabilities before they arise, thereby providing a robust foundation for secure container software and overall compliance. By constructing images directly from upstream project sources and minimizing unnecessary software, Minimus drastically reduces the attack surface while ensuring quick deployment for organizations of all sizes.