Overview

Software (or virtual) containers are lightweight virtual machines with much leaner system requirements. Containers let you pack more computing workloads onto a single server and rev up capacity for new computing jobs in a split second. In theory, that means you can buy less hardware, build/rent less data center space, and hire fewer people to manage that gear – hence their immense popularity. However, as is always the case with disruptive new technologies, they also introduce new, unique security risks.

Aqua Security has developed the industry’s most comprehensive container security platform that enables enterprises to secure their virtual container environments from development to production, accelerating container adoption and bridging the gap between DevOps and IT security.

It’s flagship solution, called the Aqua Container Security Platform, provides full visibility into container activity, allowing organizations to detect and prevent suspicious activity and attacks in real time. Integrated with container lifecycle and orchestration tools, the Aqua platform provides transparent, automated security while helping to enforce policy and simplify regulatory compliance.

Aqua launched in May 2016, and already has several blue chip companies as paying customers. In October 2016 it announced $9 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Microsoft Ventures, with seed investors TLV Partners and Shlomo Kramer also participating in the round.

With customer momentum, strong R&D and money in the bank, Aqua is strongly positioned for growth. With companies such as Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon and others publicly doubling down on their use of virtual containers to build mission critical applications, Aqua is enabling companies to “bake” security into and throughout the application development process. The result is that the next generation of enterprise applications will be inherently more secure, with automated, enforceable security best practices literally woven into the fabric of enterprise applications.