Pioneer + Ghost · Unified Chain

From image to runtime.
One chain of custody.

Ghost hardens, signs, and continuously rebuilds your container images. Pioneer deploys them across the fleet, enforces policy at every checkpoint, and audits every change. Together, they close the gap most defense Kubernetes programs have between supply chain provenance and runtime operations.

Schedule a briefing → See how they work Ghost at seeghost.dev ↗
// PIONEER + GHOST · CHAIN OF CUSTODY BUILD → DEPLOY → OPERATE
// HARDENED REGISTRY Ghost · REBUILDS CONTINUOUSLY · SCANS & SIGNS · SBOM PER IMAGE SIGNED IMAGES // KUBERNETES LIFECYCLE Pioneer · POLICY: SIGNED ONLY · DEPLOYS TO FLEET · AUDITS EVERY CHANGE VALIDATED DEPLOY // FLEET RUNTIME Production · CLUSTERS RUNNING · DRIFT MONITORED · EVENTS AUDITED // ONE AUDIT TRAIL · ONE CHAIN OF CUSTODY image hash · signature · sbom · deploy event · runtime trace // PROVENANCE PRESERVED · BUILD → RUNTIME REF // PIONEER-GHOST-CHAIN-v1
The Chain

Build, deploy, operate. One pipeline. One audit.

Container security typically lives in two worlds. The registry team owns provenance and CVE management. The platform team owns deployment and runtime. The chain breaks at the handoff. Pioneer and Ghost are designed to operate as a continuous pipeline: signatures and SBOMs generated by Ghost are referenced by Pioneer's deployment policy and preserved in Pioneer's audit log. From image build to runtime event, the provenance is intact.

Standalone

Each one stands on its own.

Pioneer and Ghost are licensed independently and work with third-party tools. You can adopt one without the other. The chain-of-custody story is what you get when you run both, but neither requires the other to deliver value.

G // HARDENED REGISTRY
Ghost

A continuously hardened container registry. Works with any Kubernetes platform that pulls images. Built for the boundary.

  • // HARDENED
    Continuously rebuilt and scanned. Zero known CVEs at publish time.
  • // SIGNED
    Cryptographic attestation per image. SLSA Level 3 alignment.
  • // SBOM
    Full software bill of materials, machine-readable, version-tracked.
  • // OFFLINE
    Air-gap mirror. Same hashes, same signatures, every boundary.
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P // KUBERNETES LIFECYCLE PLATFORM
Pioneer

A multi-distribution Kubernetes lifecycle platform. Works with any container registry that meets your policy. Built for Day 0 through Day N.

  • // DISTROS
    RKE2, K3s, OpenShift, vanilla Kubernetes, Harvester from one console.
  • // POLICY
    OPA evaluated at every checkpoint. Deny-by-default posture.
  • // LIFECYCLE
    Design, deploy, operate, attest, govern. One platform across all five.
  • // AUDIT
    Every action attributed. Every change logged. Evidence as a byproduct.
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Better together

Three capabilities you only get with both.

When Pioneer and Ghost are deployed as a pair, new capabilities emerge that neither delivers on its own. The chain of custody is unbroken. The audit trail spans from image build to runtime event. And the operating relationship simplifies from two vendors to one.

01 / CRYPTOGRAPHIC CHAIN

Image build to runtime, signed end to end.

Ghost's signed attestation propagates into Pioneer's policy decisions. Pioneer enforces that only Ghost-signed images can deploy. Runtime events reference back to the exact signed image and SBOM that produced them. The provenance is not reconstructed at audit time. It is preserved as the system runs.

// SLSA L3 · COSIGN · NIST 800-53 SI-7
02 / ONE AUDIT TRAIL

Supply chain and runtime in one log.

Pioneer's audit record includes Ghost image lineage by default. Reverse-trace from a runtime event back through deployment, policy decision, image signature, SBOM, and build history. One thread of evidence. One export. One review. Auditors stop reconciling two systems.

// CM-3 · AU-12 · CA-7 · SI-4
03 / ONE VENDOR. ONE BOUNDARY.

Both work air-gapped. Both work cross-classification.

Both products are designed for the same threat model. Both maintained by the same engineering team. Both ship the same offline mirror, the same air-gap workflow, the same SCIF-compatible operating model. One support relationship. One rollout. One set of credentials.

// SIPR · NIPR · AIR-GAP · SCIF
Common questions

Bought together. Sold separately.

01 Do I need both to get value?
No. Ghost works with any platform that pulls signed images. Pioneer works with any registry that meets your policy. Each product solves a complete problem on its own. The chain-of-custody story is what you get when you run both, but neither requires the other.
02 Can I start with one and add the other later?
Yes. Either order works. Most teams start with the more urgent gap. If image provenance is the bigger pain, lead with Ghost. If platform lifecycle is the bigger pain, lead with Pioneer. The second product slots in without re-platforming the first.
03 How do they ship together?
Pioneer integrates Ghost natively. Default templates assume Ghost as the registry. Policy bundles are pre-configured to require Ghost-signed images. Audit log queries span both products. No glue code to write. Schedule a briefing for the reference architecture.
04 What about pricing?
Each product is licensed independently. Bundled pricing is available when both are purchased together. Pricing scales with deployment size, not feature tier. Schedule a briefing for specifics on your environment.

Built together. Deployed together. Audited together.

Schedule a briefing → See Pioneer details See Ghost at seeghost.dev ↗

NO SDR · NO PRE-QUALIFICATION CALL · ENGINEERS ON BOTH SIDES