European secure software supply chain

Secure-by-default foundations for the software you ship.

Hardened delivers European, minimal and verifiable building blocks: secure container images, dependency control and threat intelligence. Together they lower your supply-chain risk and help you meet NIS2, GDPR and CRA expectations without slowing your teams down.

No CVE's? Nothing to fix.

Container ImagesMinimal, near-zero CVE OCI images
Library GatewayControlled, policy-driven dependency intake
Threat IntelligenceCurated, relevant, actionable intel
3Integrated products, one secure foundation
EuropeanBy design, by operation, by governance
Every 2 hoursvulnerability monitoring
NIS2 · GDPR · CRABuilt for demonstrable compliance
The Hardened portfolio

Three products. One secure-by-default foundation.

Each product tackles a different part of the software supply chain: from the images you run, to the dependencies you pull in, to the threats you need to see coming. Together they reduce risk at scale while keeping your teams fast.

Hardened Library Gateway — now live

See your dependency risk in 1 hour

We are excited to announce that our HLG platform is now live. To help organizations experience the value of the platform, we are offering a free mini scan. During this scan, we review 5 to 10 libraries within your organization and analyze the results together with your team in a one-hour session.

The mini scan provides a clear first impression of your current library environment, highlights potential areas for improvement, and shows how the HLG platform can support better insight, structure, and control. The scan is completely free.

Request a free mini scan Learn more about HLG
5–10 libraries 1 hour Free
Why Hardened

The principles behind every product.

01

Minimal by design

What isn't there can't be exploited, can't be patched, and can't become operational risk. We deliberately exclude everything that isn't required at runtime.

02

Verifiable trust

Signed, reproducible builds and integrated SBOMs give auditable insight into what runs in production, what each component contains, and where it came from.

03

European digital sovereignty

A strategic European initiative that reduces dependency on opaque external software sources and strengthens resilience, autonomy and regulatory alignment.

04

Built for compliance & speed

Demonstrable control that supports NIS2, GDPR and CRA accountability, without diverting scarce senior engineers from strategic work.

Regulatory alignment

Designed to support the frameworks you answer to.

NIS2 GDPR CRA STIG
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Hardened

What is Hardened?
Hardened is a European company that provides secure-by-default building blocks for the software supply chain: Hardened Container Images, Hardened Library Gateway, and Hardened Threat Intelligence.
What are Hardened Container Images?
Hardened Container Images are deliberately minimal OCI container images with near-zero CVEs, signed reproducible builds, integrated SBOMs, and vulnerability monitoring every two hours.
What does the Hardened Library Gateway do?
It acts as a trusted control point between developers and external package registries (npm, PyPI, Maven, NuGet, Go, containers), allowing teams to block, quarantine or approve dependencies by policy before they enter the supply chain.
Who is Hardened built for?
Organisations that need demonstrable supply-chain security and compliance with NIS2, GDPR, CRA and related frameworks, especially in regulated and critical-infrastructure sectors across Europe.
Contact

Ready to build on a secure-by-default foundation?

Tell us which part of your supply chain you want to harden first: container images, dependency intake, or threat intelligence. We'll help you get there.

Blankenstein 400, 7943 PH Meppel, Netherlands
info@hardened.eu
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