Achieving FedRAMP’s Container Scanning Requirements

FedRAMP has established stringent guidelines for scanning and monitoring applications and systems, including those utilizing container technologies, to ensure consistent security standards across traditional and containerized environments. In March 2021, the FedRAMP Program Management Office issued specific guidance for containerized systems, addressing past inconsistencies and security gaps by standardizing vulnerability scanning requirements. The guidance emphasizes using hardened images, automating container deployment processes, performing vulnerability scans before deployment, monitoring container registries, and maintaining accurate inventories. Challenges such as increased continuous monitoring costs and double filings of vulnerabilities arise from container scanning, but these can be mitigated by integrating scanning into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and using consolidated tools to correlate findings. Solutions involve proactive container vulnerability scanning during the build stage, routine scans in registries, and using artifact signing to prevent unauthorized deployments, ultimately aiming to simplify FedRAMP compliance while enhancing the developer experience.

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