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In building this security solution, Aqua focused on runtime protection, so everything this system does along the way enables and enforces that. There is also a high degree of automation, both in terms of policy creation and the ability to integrate with the DevOps process to trigger various events along the way in an automated fashion.

Aqua is pitching its software as “the industry’s most comprehensive solution for securing containerized environments.” It emphasizes that the platform does more than just scan images; it also provides run-time protection, access control and auditing. And it integrates with major continuous integration/continuous delivery platforms.

Peekr is Aqua’s SaaS security scanner for Docker images. The API allows you to automate vulnerability management of Docker images.

Aqua Security this week announced the general availability of the Aqua Container Security Platform. The platform wraps either Docker or Windows containers in a framework that continuously scans those containers and the images running on top of them, and also controls who can access the containers.

Aqua’s platform gives developers the ability to automate and improve container security and compliance posture, monitor usage and control user access. It offers granular controls over container security, supports both Docker and Windows container, and can be deployed on-premises. The platform gives users full visibility into container activity, allowing them to detect and prevent attacks and suspicious activity in real-time.

Aqua uses a layered security approach to keep containers safe… The layered approach starts with running the container application images in learning mode, usually during functional testing. In the learning mode, Aqua examines a container’s behavior in the application context and uses that to set granular runtime parameters, based on which files, executables and network connections a container is using.

Fortune 500 Beta Customers Validate Aqua’s Multilayered Approach to Protecting Software Containers Against Internal and External Threats Tel Aviv, Israel and San Francisco, CA –May 18, 2016 – Aqua Security™ (formerly named Scalock) today announced the company’s formal launch and General Availability of the Aqua Container Security Platform, the industry’s most comprehensive solution for securing …

The very features of containers that make them so cost-effective and easy to use, also bring about a new set of security challenges. Containers are vulnerable to cyber attacks in three main ways: