Security News > 2020 > May > VMware to Acquire Kubernetes Security Firm Octarine
VMware announced on Wednesday during its virtual Connect 2020 cybersecurity conference the acquisition of Kubernetes security company Octarine and a new Next-Gen Security Operations Center Alliance.
VMware acquired Carbon Black last year for $2.1 billion and the virtualization giant announced the launch of its new Security Business Unit when the acquisition was completed.
Octarine technology will also integrate with VMware Tanzu, which provides an enterprise-grade Kubernetes runtime.
"Acquiring Octarine will enable us to further expand VMware's intrinsic security strategy to containers and Kubernetes environments by embedding the Octarine technology into the VMware Carbon Black Cloud," said Patrick Morley, former CEO of Carbon Black and current GM and senior vice president of VMware's Security Business Unit.
"The Next-Gen SOC Alliance brings a critical mass of XDR context and capabilities to SOCs in a fully intrinsic way - one that can uniquely leverage the VMware fabric," said Tom Barsi, VP of Alliances for VMware Carbon Black.