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Amazon Elastic Container Registry

Amazon Web Services · Package Registry & Provenance Security

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CommercialCompany

ECR integrates with IAM, supports immutable tags, replication, pull-through caches for public registries and enhanced scanning.

What it does3 capabilities · 1 at full coverage

1 of 3 at full coverage.

Container Image Vulnerability ScanningPartialCONTAINER · level 2 · 20 providers
Immutable Artifact VersioningFullREGISTRY · level 2 · 9 providers
Private Registry Proxy & CurationPartialREGISTRY · level 2 · 10 providers

What it proves14 controls across 11 frameworks

Satisfied through its capabilities, not claimed by the vendor.

S2C2F3 / 25AUD-2 ENF-2 ING-2
SSDF 1.12 / 42PW.4.1 RV.1.1
CI/CD Top 101 / 10CICD-SEC-9
CIS Controls1 / 18CIS 7
CNAS Top 101 / 10CNAS-7
CRA1 / 41Annex I Part I (2)(a)
CSF 2.01 / 106ID.RA-01
DSOMM1 / 19TV-Static-Depth-Infrastructure
SAMM 2.01 / 90O-EM-1-B
SLSA 1.21 / 16Source L2 — Continuous immutable history
SP 800-204D1 / 11204D-CI-DEPS

What it stops6 techniques · 3 risks

6 techniques countered, 5 of them common

Exploitation of Known Vulnerable ComponentVery Common
Artifact Tampering After BuildCommon
Compromise Software Dependencies and Development ToolsT1195.001Common
Dependency ConfusionCommon
Mutable Tag Hijack of CI Actions and ImagesCommon
SLSA threat G: Compromised distribution channelSLSA-G

3 risks reduced

Malicious dependency executes in development or CICritical
Exploitable vulnerabilities in container base imagesHigh
Unverified or tampered artifact is deployedHigh

Where it runs3 phases · 1 way to deploy

Capabilities per lifecycle phase

Build2
Release2
Operate1

How it is delivered

Cloud provider native service

What it unlocks3 activities · reaches level 2

Program activities its capabilities support, reaching level 2. Supporting an activity is not completing it.

Level 1

Consume through an internal artifact repositoryMedium effort
Scan container imagesLow effort

Level 2

Immutable versions and digest-based deploymentLow effort

How it holds up

Not assessed yet: no strengths, limits or evaluation scores. 47 of 340 products carry an assessment and 29 are scored.

What it costsPer billable cloud resource

LicensingPer billable cloud resource

Priced perresource per month

BillingConsumption

Scales withBillable cloud resources such as servers, databases and storage accounts

Total cost

Low entry cost, but costs grow silently with cloud estate; plan resource tagging and budgets.

What it takes to run

No staffing, rollout time or operational commitment recorded.

What it works with1 standard

Standards and formats

OCI Distribution Specification

What else to look at

No alternative, competitor or family sibling is modeled for it.

What backs this upin 1 pipeline

In use

Payments API release pipeline · Sign and publish

Gantry 7.1.0 · OFF.12 · OFF.13