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Container, Serverless & Cloud Native Security Flash – March 2021

March 12, 2021

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 …

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Aqua Security reaches ‘unicorn’ status with $135M late-stage funding round

March 10, 2021

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 …

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Aqua Security also joins the Unicorn club with a $135M Series E and $1B valuation

March 10, 2021

It used to be that Unicorn companies were something of a rarity, as their name hints. Now, though, it has become something of a common beast in the Israeli high-tech ecosystem. This time it’s Aqua Security that gets tagged with the Unicorn label, closing an impressive $135 million Series E funding round. The investment was …

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Aqua Security Announces $135 Million in Series E Funding at a $1 Billion Valuation

March 10, 2021

BOSTON and TEL AVIV –  March 10, 2021 – Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, announced today the completion of $135 Million in Series E funding led by ION Crossover Partners, putting Aqua’s valuation in excess of $1 Billion. The round included broad participation from Aqua’s existing investors, including M12 – Microsoft’s venture …

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Cloud Security Firm Aqua Security Raises $135M To Add Clients

March 10, 2021

Aqua Security has closed its Series E funding round and notched a $1 billion valuation to scale from 410 customers today to thousands of customers within a few years. The Ramat Gan, Israel-based cloud security startup said it needs to keep improving its product, acquiring additional customers, and educating the market about cloud-native security to carry out …

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8+ open-source Kubernetes vulnerability scanners to consider

March 10, 2021

kube-hunter, another Aqua Security project, goes deeper to scan Kubernetes clusters and pods for additional weaknesses outside of the CIS database. As its name implies, kube-hunter uses more predatory—and potentially dangerous—tactics to really put your Kubernetes instances to the test. When set to “active hunting” mode, kube-hunter will further exploit the vulnerabilities that arise with state-changing …

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Aqua Security protects containerized apps and infrastructure, raises $135M

March 10, 2021

Aqua Security today announced that it raised $135 million in series E funding at a post-money valuation exceeding $1 billion. The Boston- and Tel Aviv-based company plans to put the proceeds toward broadening its product portfolio and its geographic footprint. Containers, the packages of code and dependencies that run across computing environments, are riding a …

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Aqua Security Announces Security and Compliance Certifications

March 8, 2021

Boston, MA – March 8, 2021 – Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, today announced that it has achieved both ISO 27001 and SOC Type II certifications. These certifications demonstrate Aqua’s adherence to the highest operational standards for security controls and information management across company functions and the readiness of its SaaS offerings …

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