An Intelyx Brain Candy Update
When we last spoke with Root, they were called Slim.AI and they had just added the ability to generate software bills of material (SBOM) to their capability to remove excess code and vulnerabilities from microservices.
At KubeCon last week they announced an agentic platform to patch open source vulnerabilities before the libraries are included in the development process.
They have built a fleet of agents that apply patches and back port patches for any open source library. They take into account application runtime dependencies to avoid making any breaking changes.
When a developer pulls an open source library from Root they receive the already patched version they need, which means they do not have to run a vulnerability scanner during the CI/CD process or on the application post-build.
Root’s agents constantly check for new CVEs and patches, and proactively updates the open source libraries in their SaaS-hosted catalog.
Root maintains and continuously updates an image catalog of more than 500 patched open source libraries for developers to download and use.
Customers can try it out for free or they can choose a paid tier for enterprise coverage.
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