A Brief History of Containers: From the 1970s Till Now

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CONTAINER SECURITY

A Brief History of Containers: From the 1970s Till Now

When we first published this blog post in 2017, the technology landscape for containers was quite different than it is today. Over the past few years, we have seen significant changes take place that have affected, and continue to affect how Containers are adopted. Read on to understand the changes and developments we saw and …

CONTAINER SECURITY

Aqua Helps Close the DevSec Gap with Shift Left Security

Shifting security left has many benefits. Developers today have more ownership and responsibility for secure coding practices than ever before. However, this does not mean that the entire security burden falls on developers. Cloud native environments evolve rapidly. Teams rely on open source packages, build and deploy containers on demand, and push changes through CI/CD …

CONTAINER SECURITY

What’s Really Happening in Your Containers? Aqua’s Risk Assessment Has the Answer

Containers may be mainstream, but securing them in production remains a moving target. As AI adoption scales and environments grow more complex, so too do the risks, especially at runtime, where traditional tools struggle to provide meaningful visibility. These are not legacy exploits like port scans or brute force attempts. Attackers are targeting what happens …

CONTAINER SECURITY

GigaOm Radar: Aqua Leads in Container Security

Securing containerized applications demands a multi-layered strategy that spans the entire lifecycle from development to production, a challenge Aqua has spent nearly a decade mastering. Aqua’s Container Security solution provides full lifecycle protection by identifying vulnerabilities early in the build phase, integrating acceptance gates in the CI/CD pipeline to minimize risks, and offering real-time runtime …

CONTAINER SECURITY

Securing Container Workloads on Azure Container Apps (ACA)

Azure Container Apps (ACA) is a serverless platform for scalable containerized applications, while abstracting the underlying infrastructure. Since it runs without providing access to its underlying operating system, it has inherent security benefits, but it also presents a challenge for security and compliance tools that were not purpose-built to support such an environment. Aqua is …

CONTAINER SECURITY

Cloud Security Trends: Predictions and Strategies for Resilience

In 2025, cloud native security is set to undergo transformative progress. As Chief Information Security Officer at Aqua, I’ve seen how rapidly evolving threats and operational demands are driving organizations to redefine their approach to security. The focus is no longer just on adapting to challenges—it’s about deeply embedding security into every facet of development …

CONTAINER SECURITY

Embracing the Future: AWS Customers Leverage Fargate for ECS and EKS Deployments

As organizations advance in their cloud native journey, the adoption of AWS Fargate for ECS (Elastic Container Service) and EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) increases. Many customers begin their cloud journey with Amazon ECS, with around 65% of new AWS container customers opting for ECS. This popularity is driven by Fargate’s serverless compute engine, which allows …

CONTAINER SECURITY, RUNTIME SECURITY

Go deeper: Linux runtime visibility meets Wireshark

Aqua Tracee is an open source runtime security and forensics tool for Linux, built to address common Linux security issues. Tracee’s main use case is to be installed in a production environment and continuously monitor system activity and detect suspicious behavior. Some alternative use cases which Tracee can be used for are dynamic malware analysis, …

CONTAINER SECURITY

Elevating AWS Kubernetes Security and Compliance

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) streamlines the process of deploying, managing, and scaling Kubernetes clusters on Amazon Web Services (AWS), sparing users the complexities of setting up and maintaining their own Kubernetes control plane. Kubernetes itself is an open-source platform designed to automate the management, scaling, and deployment of applications within containers.

CONTAINER SECURITY

CVE-2024-3094: Newly Discovered Backdoor in XZ tools

The xz-utils is a popular compression tool used widely across Linux systems, indicating its critical role in the software ecosystem. The xz-utils backdoor, discovered on March 29, 2024, exposes systems to potential backdoor access and remote code execution. It specifically targets versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 of xz-utils on systems using glibc, systemd, and patched OpenSSH. …

CONTAINER SECURITY

Aqua: Leading the Charge in Container Security Innovation

Aqua named a leader and an outperformer in GigaOm Container Security Radar Containerization has revolutionized application development and deployment, providing enterprises with enhanced speed, agility, and consistency across different computing environments. However, this transformation introduces complexities, particularly regarding security. With the increasing adoption of containerized applications, there’s a growing demand for specialized security solutions tailored …

CONTAINER SECURITY

Elevating Security: Protecting Containerized Workloads on Mainframes

Mainframes and containers represent two distinct yet impactful elements in today’s modern computing architecture. Mainframes are powerful, centralized computing systems known for their reliability, scalability, and ability to handle massive workloads. While containers, on the other hand, have emerged as a lightweight and flexible solution for deploying, scaling, and managing cloud native applications across various …

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