Aqua News

In the realm of emerging enterprise technology, cybersecurity is the current reigning champion–at least in terms of venture capital activity. Out of the 100 venture deals for enterprise tech companies that we tracked during the third quarter, 43 of them were for security companies.

Containers are emerging as the most disruptive technology of this decade. From platform vendors to early-stage startups to large enterprises, every company is getting impacted by containerization. Both the supply and demand side of the industry is gearing up to deal with this phenomenon.

Seed investors Shlomo Kramer and TLV Partners also participated in this round, bring the company’s total investment to $13.5 million. Mr. Kramer will be joining the company’s board of directors
[…]Mr. Kramer said he wanted to invest in the company after competing with Mr. Davidoff at previous companies. He views virtual container applications as “a huge opportunity” in the security market.

Aqua Security announced on Sept. 27 that it has raised $9 million in a Series A round of funding, which will be used to grow the company’s go-to-market efforts as it ramps up to capitalize on the emerging opportunity for container security.
Microsoft Ventures led the Series A round of funding, which also included the participation of TLV Partners and cyber-security luminary Shlomo Kramer. Total funding to date for the company, which was founded last year, now stands at $13.5 million.

Funding to Accelerate Aqua’s Rapid Expansion in Burgeoning Virtual Container Market Tel Aviv, Israel – 27 Sept. 2016 – Aqua Security, the platform provider for securing virtual container applications, today announced it has secured US$9 million in Series A funding, led by Microsoft Ventures. Cybersecurity luminary and investor Shlomo Kramer will be joining Aqua’s Board …

Aqua’s Amir Jerbi writes: “Google “SecDevOps” and the results show that security teams are ready and willing to jump on the DevOps bandwagon. DevOps folks talk a lot about “shifting left,” i.e., addressing issues earlier in the development process. The phrase may be new to security folks, but the concept isn’t: Security professionals have advocated to “bake security in” to development processes independent of DevOps, and long before mega breaches became a headline staple.”

Are containers secure?
Probably not. But knowing each approach’s strengths and risks—and available options—could help ease adoption.

You’ve probably never heard of Aqua, but if you’re interested in container security then you’ll probably soon be hearing a lot more about this Israeli security startup.
The people behind Aqua believe not only that they can bring the security that’s needed and currently lacking in Docker, but also that there’s an opportunity for containers to be made more secure than monolithic apps can ever be.