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Aqua Announces General Availability of Its Container Security PlatformTEL AVIV, Israel and SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Aqua Security™ (formerly named Scalock) today announced the company's formal launch and General Availability of the Aqua Container Security Platform, the industry's most comprehensive solution for securing containerized environments. The Aqua Container Security Platform provides organizations with full control over the security and compliance posture of software containers at all times, enabling them to reap the agility, flexibility and efficiency benefits container-based application architectures provide. "Containers bring tremendous benefits to the efficiency and speed of application development and delivery, but they also present new challenges in security," said Raffi Margaliot, SVP & General Manager, Application Delivery Management, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "With Aqua's Container Security Platform we can help our customers automate and improve their container security and compliance posture, control user access and monitor usage in real-time – all via a fully automated, integrated solution." "I'm extremely excited about Aqua. Software containers are taking the enterprise IT world by storm, but they present new security and control gaps that cannot be addressed using existing approaches and tools," said Shlomo Kramer, Aqua Security founding investor. "Aqua's container security platform provides granular, context-aware container security while automating the entire process, allowing enterprises to focus on deploying and running applications." Aqua was co-founded by CEO Dror Davidoff, former McAfee/Intel security, and by CTO The Aqua Container Security Platform delivers the most comprehensive security solution built for containerized environments, supporting Docker and Windows containers, and available for on-premises deployment. Providing development-to-production container lifecycle protection, its key features include:
"At Aqua our goal is to provide a truly immersive security 'envelope' for containers, providing multiple layers that protect containers from multiple risks," said Dror Davidoff, Co-founder and CEO, Aqua Security. "By providing a fully automated solution, we bridge the gap between DevOps and IT security, enabling container adoption while providing the necessary oversight and security policy enforcement that enterprises require." About Aqua
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