The Container Layer Your
ATO Depends On.
FLAMED builds and maintains minimal, FIPS-aligned container images for teams pursuing FedRAMP authorization. We ship the evidence your security team and 3PAO will ask for.
Crypto Evidence Gap
Teams assume "use OpenSSL" is enough. Assessors look for rigorous evidence: what crypto module you rely on, how it was built, and how it's verified for each release.
Silent Crypto Drift
Even if crypto is correct today, it can drift across rebuilds and base image updates. You need repeatable builds and artifacts that make drift obvious.
Audit Trail Deficiency
FedRAMP requires durable evidence: SBOMs, signatures, and provenance. Without them, audits turn into expensive, manual guesswork.
Compliance Engineering,
Not Checkbox Theater.
We solve the container layer of FedRAMP authorization — the part most compliance consultants skip because they don't know how to build.
FIPS-Hardened Images
Continuously rebuilt images for common runtimes with full evidence playbooks and verification steps.
- Node.js and minimal core base images
- CycloneDX SBOM on every tag
- cosign + Sigstore transparency logs
Pipeline Hardening
We instrument your CI/CD to enforce FIPS compliance and generate auditable evidence at every build.
- apko/melange build configurations
- SLSA Level 3 provenance generation
- Registry policy enforcement (Kyverno)
Compliance Audits
Send us your images. We deliver a report on crypto assumptions, CVEs, and supply chain gaps.
- FIPS crypto path analysis (static/dynamic)
- CVE triage with FedRAMP risk scoring
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
FedRAMP Advisory
Embedded advisory for teams pursuing ATO. We write the SSP sections and support 3PAO interviews.
- SSP container security narrative authoring
- 3PAO interview support & prep
- ConMon container scanning procedures
From Failing to ATO-Ready.
Image Intake
We extract the dependency graph and map every crypto call path in your current runtime environment.
Gap Analysis
We identify crypto assumptions and deliver evidence expectations and NIST control mappings.
Hardened Rebuild
We rebuild your images using apko/melange and attach SBOMs, signatures, and provenance.
Evidence Package
You receive a package suitable for 3PAO review, including verification steps and SSP narrative.
Pull. Deploy. Pass Your Audit.
All images hosted on GHCR. Signed with cosign. SBOM and provenance available on all tags.
| Image | Tag | Base | FIPS Module | SBOM | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| flamed-us/node-fips | 20, 20.x.x | wolfi | OpenSSL 3.0 FIPS | CycloneDX | Available |
| flamed-us/node-fips | 18, 18.x.x | wolfi | OpenSSL 3.0 FIPS | CycloneDX | Available |
| flamed-us/core-fips | latest | wolfi | OpenSSL | CycloneDX | Available |
Every Layer.
Every Control.
FLAMED images satisfy the container-relevant controls across major federal compliance frameworks.
Satisfies SC-28, SC-8, SC-13, SI-2, SA-10, CM-7 controls with documented artifacts and verification steps.
Documented crypto boundaries and verification steps for validated modules within the container OS.
NIST 800-171 crypto requirements satisfied for DoD contractors handling CUI in cloud environments.
Verification Playbook
Detailed procedure for signatures, SBOMs, and provenance review.
Sigstore / cosign
Keyless signing with Rekor transparency log records.
SLSA Build Level 3
Hermetic builds with full source-to-artifact traceability.
Your ATO Clock Is Already Running.
Email us for a quick container evidence review. No pitch. Just the gaps and the path.
Built by Engineers Who've Done This Before.
FLAMED was built by platform security engineers with deep experience building FIPS-compliant container pipelines for government and regulated environments — not a compliance firm that learned containers secondhand.
We work exclusively in the container layer: base image construction, FIPS module integration, and the evidence artifacts your 3PAO needs to close findings.
Email Intake
Tell us your runtime(s), target FedRAMP baseline (Moderate/High), and where you are in the ATO process.
Email bmusson@flamed.us