Aqua News

Enterprises are poised to accelerate their adoption of security for cloud-native technologies starting this year, with many companies now placing a higher priority on modernizing their applications and embedding security during development, Aqua Security cofounder and CEO Dror Davidoff told VentureBeat.

Following a six-month analysis of customer security assessments conducted by Argon (an Aqua Security company), the 2021 Software Supply Chain Security Report highlights the primary areas of criminal focus: open-source vulnerabilities and poisoning; code integrity issues; and exploiting the software supply chain process and supplier trust to distribute malware or backdoors.

According to Aqua Security’s Argon Security arm, 2021 Software Supply Chain Security Review, security across software development environments remains low, and significantly, every company evaluated had vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could expose them to supply chain attacks.

New CISO Calatayud brings over 20 years’ experience to his new role at pure-play cloud native security provider Aqua, where he will aid scaling of the security program, shape strategies to advance innovation in cloud native security, and work with customers to enhance their cloud native security posture.

BOSTON — January 12, 2022 — Aqua Security, the leading pure-play cloud native security provider, today announced results from a study conducted by experts from recently acquired Argon Security, which found that software supply chain attacks grew by more than 300% in 2021 compared to 2020.  According to Argon’s 2021 Software Supply Chain Security Review, …

BOSTON — January 5, 2021 — Aqua Security, the leading pure-play cloud native security provider, today announced the appointment of cybersecurity industry veteran Paul Calatayud as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Calatayud brings 20+ years of experience to his new role at Aqua, where he will help scale the security program, shape strategies to advance …

Team Nautilus researchers at Aqua Security said in a blog post that they dubbed the cryptomining campaign “Autom” because of a shell script that was downloaded that initiated the attack. The researchers said over the three-year period, the attackers changed their tactics.

Amir Jerbi, the co-founder and CTO at Aqua Security, was interviewed by IDG Connect.