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Base, Applied, and StigForge
Evergreen explainers and how-tos. StigReady Base and Applied are on AWS Marketplace — browse the seller page, or contact us for annual contracts and Private Offers.
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2026-08-12 · Launch series
Graviton and arm64 hardened AMIs for STIG and CIS workloadsSame STIG layout on arm64 as x86 — filter Base and Applied for Graviton without a second partition fight.
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2026-08-12 · Launch series
OpenSCAP evidence bundles auditors actually openARF/HTML scores, Applied evidence bundles, and Base + StigForge when you bring your own scoring pipeline.
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2026-08-12 · Evergreen
Base vs Applied: which do you actually need?$0.02/hr · $149/yr layout and hardening vs $0.08/hr · $649/yr scored remediation with an evidence bundle.
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2026-08-12 · Launch series
STIG disk layout that won't fight youWhy Base bakes the STIG LVM layout at install — and why retrofitting partitions later is the wrong fight.
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2026-07-30 · Series overview
StigReady Base + StigForge rolesWhen to use Base with bring-your-own roles vs Applied, and how the pieces fit.
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2026-07-30 · Hands-on
RHEL 9 Base +rhel9_stigApply the public DISA STIG role on RHEL 9 Base (BYOL) with a pinned release tag.
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2026-07-30 · Hands-on
Ubuntu 24.04 Base +ubuntu24_cisApply the public CIS Level 1 role on Ubuntu 24.04 Base with a pinned release tag.