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Cyber attacks on cloud systems jumped a staggering 250% from 2019 to 2020. Aqua Security’s 2020 Cloud-Native Threat Report, which analyzed 16,371 attacks that occurred between June 2019 and July 2020 using honeypot servers, showed that most attacks were targeted to use the cloud for deploying crypto-mining malware and not corporate espionage, or other types …

Rani Osnat, VP Strategy at the cloud security platform company Aqua Security, writes about getting started with your cloud native security. There are many benefits to a cloud native approach, and it is easy to see why organisations are choosing to go down this route for most, if not all, of their new applications. Cloud native …

Aqua Security — a cloud-native security leader — announced it has completed a $135 million Series E round of funding led by ION Crossover Partners, putting Aqua’s valuation in excess of $1 Billion. And the funding round included broad participation from Aqua’s existing investors, including M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund), Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners, TLV …

BOSTON – March 16, 2021 – Aqua Security, a pure-play cloud native security leader, today announced that its cloud native security platform now protects containers and Virtual Machine (VM) workloads at runtime on Arm®-powered devices. This enables Aqua customers to take advantage of the high density and cost-effectiveness provided by Arm-powered hosts and devices across …

Aqua Security, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based security startup that focuses squarely on securing cloud-native services, today announced that it has raised a $135 million Series E funding round at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by ION Crossover Partners. Existing investors M12 Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners, TLV Partners, Greenspring Associates …

Tel Aviv-based Aqua Security was arguably the first true pure-play cloud native security company to emerge as cloud adoption surged over the past decade. Now five years old, and with customers including JPMorgan Chase, as well as 100 of the Fortune 500, it just secured unicorn status with a $135 million Series E funding round, …

Every year, spring brings new beginnings and new growth. For us at Aqua and the organizations relying on our services, this couldn’t be a more exciting time. Last week, we announced a $135 million funding round which values the company at more than $1 billion, elevating us to “unicorn” status. This milestone reflects our market …

Cloud-native security provider Aqua Security Software Ltd. has just become the latest startup to achieve “unicorn” status after landing a big funding round that takes its value north of the $1 billion mark. The company said today it has raised $135 million in a Series E round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to $265 million. ION …