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Cloud-native security startup Aqua Security Software Ltd. today published new research revealing that it can now take less than an hour for vulnerable software container infrastructure to be exploited.

The latest threat report from cloud-native security company Aqua Security offers a detailed analysis of how bad actors are getting better at hiding their increasingly sophisticated attacks.

Organizations of all sizes and industries are increasingly adopting cloud native approaches. The benefits to the business are enormous, but at the same time, the transition introduces new threats and a wider attack surface. Aqua’s Assaf Morag shares an overview of new research from Aqua Security revealing that organizations struggle to keep pace and to …

While Kubernetes celebrates its seventh birthday this month (happy bday!), there’s still a lot to improve from a security standpoint. With 26% of publicly visible clusters running unsupported versions of Kubernetes, you need to regularly upgrade your clusters to reduce your exposure to attack. Follow security best practices and don’t use system:masters for Kubernetes authorization, easily debug Kubernetes workloads with …

Over the last five years, the use of containers and container orchestration tools has grown prodigiously. Driven by popular tools such as Docker and Kubernetes, containerized workflows have become commonplace across many organizations. With this rapid evolution, there is a risk of getting lost in the blizzard of buzzwords and overlooking key security risks, as well as possible security solutions. …

For vulnerability scanning, I have to recommend either trivy or grype.  Clair is really complicated to set up and is really geared at people scanning entire container registries at once.  In general, I would recommend trivy over grype simply because it does not speculate about unconfirmed vulnerabilities, which I think is a distraction to developers, …

BOSTON – June 8, 2021 – Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, today announced the appointment of Darkbit co-founders Brad Geesaman and Josh Larsen to the Aqua team. Geesaman will serve as the Director of Cloud Security and Larsen as the Director of Cloud Product; their expertise will be leveraged to further strengthen Aqua’s Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solution and Kubernetes offerings.   Geesaman and Larsen have been singularly focused on cyber and information security for over …

Aqua Security enables enterprises to secure their container and cloud-native applications from development to production, accelerating application deployment and bridging the gap between DevOps and IT security. The Aqua Container Security Platform protects applications running on-premises or in the cloud, across a broad range of platform technologies, orchestrators and cloud providers.