# Shrink Your Software Attack Surface Without Changing Your Code

RapidFort removes unused software from container images using runtime insight and automated hardening, reducing exposure while preserving application behavior.

Up to 90% attack surface reduction

Runtime-aware optimization

No code or pipeline changes

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## Most Containers Ship Far More Than They Ever Use

### Three problem statements:

Images include OS packages, libraries, and tools that never execute

Shared base layers replicate the same risk across services

Attack surface grows even when application logic stays small

## Unused Software Still Expands Your Attack Surface

If a component exists inside the image, it can be scanned, abused, or exploited. Removing risk requires changing what ships, not just what is scanned.

### Key Risk Points

#### Dormant Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities in dormant components remain exploitable

#### Multiplied Exposure

Shared layers multiply exposure across environments

#### Structural Risk

Patching unused code does not reduce structural risk

## Attack Surface Reduction Built on Runtime Truth

### Runtime Insight

Identify which files, libraries, and binaries actually execute using RBOM visibility.

### Secure Foundations

Start from Curated Near-Zero CVE Images that eliminate inherited OS-level risk.

### Automated Optimization

Remove unused components safely while maintaining application behavior.

## Smaller Images. Less Exposure. Lower Risk.

### Up to 99.9% CVE Reduction

Reduction in CVEs tied to unused components

### 90% Attack Surface

Reduction in exploitable software packages

### ~ 60% Less

Less manual remediation effort across teams

### Faster Audits

Smaller images with faster startup and lower resource usage

## Start from a Secure Foundation

Eliminate inherited risk, standardize hardened images, and accelerate security and compliance from the first layer up.

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