StigReady Blog https://stigready.com/blog/ Evergreen explainers and how-tos for StigReady Base, Applied, and public StigForge CIS / STIG Ansible roles. en-us Graviton and arm64 hardened AMIs for STIG and CIS workloads https://stigready.com/blog/graviton-arm64-hardened-amis.html https://stigready.com/blog/graviton-arm64-hardened-amis.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Same STIG layout on arm64 as x86 — filter Base and Applied for Graviton without a second partition fight. OpenSCAP evidence bundles auditors actually open https://stigready.com/blog/openscap-evidence-bundles.html https://stigready.com/blog/openscap-evidence-bundles.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT ARF/HTML scores, Applied evidence bundles, and Base + StigForge when you bring your own scoring pipeline. Base vs Applied: which do you actually need? https://stigready.com/blog/base-vs-applied.html https://stigready.com/blog/base-vs-applied.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Base ($0.02/hr or $149/yr) is layout and cloud hardening. Applied ($0.08/hr or $649/yr) is scored CIS/STIG remediation with an evidence bundle. STIG disk layout that won't fight you https://stigready.com/blog/stig-disk-layout-that-wont-fight-you.html https://stigready.com/blog/stig-disk-layout-that-wont-fight-you.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why Base bakes the STIG LVM layout at install — and why retrofitting partitions later is the wrong fight. StigReady Base + StigForge roles https://stigready.com/blog/base-plus-stigforge-roles.html https://stigready.com/blog/base-plus-stigforge-roles.html Wed, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT When to use Base with bring-your-own roles vs Applied, and how the pieces fit. RHEL 9 Base + rhel9_stig https://stigready.com/blog/rhel9-base-stigforge-stig.html https://stigready.com/blog/rhel9-base-stigforge-stig.html Wed, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Apply the public DISA STIG role on RHEL 9 Base (BYOL) with a pinned release tag. Ubuntu 24.04 Base + ubuntu24_cis https://stigready.com/blog/ubuntu24-base-stigforge-cis.html https://stigready.com/blog/ubuntu24-base-stigforge-cis.html Wed, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Apply the public CIS Level 1 role on Ubuntu 24.04 Base with a pinned release tag.