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The acquisition has produced “the industry’s first and only solution to secure all stages of software build and release,” according to Aqua Security co-founder and CEO Dror Davidoff.

Rory McCune of Aqua Security spoke about getting started with Kubernetes security at Computing’s recent Deskflix: DevSecOps event, where he attempted to answer the question, ‘What’s the one thing I could do to try and improve my Kubernetes security?’

Aqua’s Dynamic Threat Analysis protects containerized applications from image-based malware by automatically running images in a secure sandboxed environment. This service, combined with Argon’s supply chain security capabilities, can secure the build stage in the application lifecycle, the company claims.

Becoming a “unicorn” and considering an IPO “are just steps on the way of really accomplishing the big vision,” Dror Davidoff said. “Everyone is moving to the cloud, and we want to make sure the cloud is secured.”

“Leading cloud services providers are releasing software as frequently as every 15 seconds. Humans cannot keep up with the velocity, and the threat of supply chain attacks has never been greater. The industry demands a new approach,” said Eilon Elhadad, CEO and Co-Founder of Argon.

Cofounder and CEO Dror Davidoff said in an email to VentureBeat that combining Aqua Security with Argon creates “the industry’s first and only solution to secure all stages of software build and release.”

Aqua Security Buys Software Supply Chain Security Firm Argon ‘Cloud-native security opens up an opportunity to connect the development side with the runtime and do security better. We want to build a company that can solve a very big problem,’ says Aqua CEO Dror Davidoff.

Aqua says Argon complements its capabilities. The company claims that following the acquisition, its platform becomes capable of protecting the full software development lifecycle, including cloud applications, their code, and CI/CD infrastructure.