Open source security provider ActiveState today launched its Secure Container Image Catalog, designed to help developers, DevOps, and security professionals browse, evaluate, and pull ActiveState’s latest secure container images, without the need for third-party registries. Users can access the catalog by visiting catalog.activestate.com.
Meeting the Modern Software Supply Chain Challenge
The use of containers in enterprise environments has changed how software is built and deployed, but it has also introduced new security and compliance challenges. Engineering teams are often forced to choose between speed and security, using public base images that may introduce unknown vulnerabilities or compliance risks.
ActiveState Secure Containers, launched in June 2025, addressed the demand for pre-packaged, trusted open source images. However, until now, users primarily relied on third-party registries to browse and evaluate these images, which limited visibility and control. ActiveState’s new Secure Container Image Catalog closes this gap, offering a modern, user-friendly interface to access comprehensive image data, perform side-by-side comparisons with community images, and make confident decisions about container security, compliance, and functionality.
According to ActiveState, the Secure Container Image Catalog enables users to browse and pull secure images, evaluate key security metrics, compare the ActiveState images with community images, and more. All images include detailed metadata, cryptographic verification, and regulatory artifacts to support compliance efforts and satisfy audit requirements.
“With this release, we’re closing the gap between our secure container offering and the needs of technical evaluators and users in the enterprise,” said Bob Shaker, CPTO of ActiveState. “Now, anyone can browse our catalog, evaluate images against critical metrics, and confidently pull or customize the secure containers they need—without leaving the ActiveState ecosystem.”
Explore the ActiveState Secure Container Image Catalog now.
Complementing this launch, ActiveState recently unveiled its Container Security Fundamentals Certification, a three-course certification that allows users to learn how to choose and implement secure containers, identify and remediate vulnerabilities, and generate and interpret SBOMs using modern container best practices. Sign up for ActiveState’s Container Security Fundamentals Certification by visiting: https://www.activestate.com/academy/container-security-fundamentals/.
