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Expert insight, best practices and advice on cloud native security, trends, threat intelligence and compliance
Aqua Now Supports Windows Containers and Visual Studio Team Services

Aqua Now Supports Windows Containers and Visual Studio Team Services

Last month we attended Microsoft Ignite, the biggest event for Microsoft professionals that covers everything in Microsoft’s vast enterprise infrastructure, applications and cloud services portfolio. During that same week we announced our Series A funding by Microsoft Ventures.

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Container Security Best Practices for Conscientious DevOps

Container Security Best Practices for Conscientious DevOps

As part of the DevOps team, I’m sure you’re already a fan of containers; the way they’ve eliminated the pain of those environment-related configuration challenges, and reduced your infrastructure requirements by being so much more lightweight than full-blown VMs. But the very thing that makes them so lightweight – …

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OpenSSL Vulnerability: In The Fast Lane, Reinforce Your Windshield

OpenSSL Vulnerability: In The Fast Lane, Reinforce Your Windshield

If you know that somebody is going to throw a stone at your car’s windshield, then the glass thickness should be proportional to your driving speed (simple physics…).

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Aqua Integration with VMWare for Hybrid VM and Container Security

Aqua Integration with VMWare for Hybrid VM and Container Security

Last month at VMWorld we had the pleasure of being part of a next-generation security session given by VMWare’s SVP of Security Products, Tom Corn. 

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Security Best Practices for Kubernetes Deployment

Security Best Practices for Kubernetes Deployment

This is a blog post that Amir and I published on Kubernetes.io.

Kubernetes provides many controls that can greatly improve your application security. Configuring them requires intimate knowledge with Kubernetes and the deployment’s security requirements. The best practices we highlight here are aligned to the …

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Advanced Threat Mitigation for Containers in Runtime

Advanced Threat Mitigation for Containers in Runtime

Seems like only yesterday we announced Aqua CSP v1.1, but with customer requirements flowing in and our commitment to coming out with a new version every couple of months, Aqua 1.2 is out. This version is packed with dozens of new features and UI improvements, but I wanted to highlight the key new features.

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Docker Image Security: Do It Early, Often, and Continuously

Docker Image Security: Do It Early, Often, and Continuously

When producing the Docker images that will run as containers, development organizations find themselves with unprecedented influence over the application security posture of their organization.

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Overcoming the Top 5 Pain Points for DevOps

Overcoming the Top 5 Pain Points for DevOps

DevOps is a relatively new concept, adopted by more and more businesses – breaking down the barriers between development, quality assurance (QA) and IT operations, to result in a much more rapid and fluid software development lifecycle (SDLC). However, there are almost certainly a number of organisational and …

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Vine's Docker Registry "Hack": A Bad Case of RTFM

Vine's Docker Registry "Hack": A Bad Case of RTFM

Yesterday it was revealed that a security researcher who goes by the name avicoder managed to get hold of Vine's source code by accessing their Docker registry. If you're not familiar with Vine, it's a video sharing site that allows users to upload 6 second videos that are very easy to share and re-share. The service …

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They Evangelize Containers: Meet 10 Docker Captains

They Evangelize Containers: Meet 10 Docker Captains

Many communities have thought leaders and exports. In the Docker community they’re called Captains, and if you want to know what’s happening in the Docker community, these are the people to follow.

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6 (More) Free Docker Tools to Make Container Deployments Easier

6 (More) Free Docker Tools to Make Container Deployments Easier

There’s nothing wrong with seeking help, and that’s especially true for container processes. Third-party Docker tools that help with testing, images, backups and other important procedures are invaluable, even more so when they’re free.

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