Security News > 2021 > January > Red Hat Buys Container Security Firm StackRox
Red Hat on Thursday snapped up container and Kubernetes security startup StackRox, a deal that speeds up its ambitions in the enterprise cloud market.
StackRox has developed a Kubernetes-native container security platform designed to help both security and DevOps teams enforce security and compliance policies.
"Container security is Linux security," Red Hat said in a statement announcing the StackRox transaction.
"With this acquisition, Red Hat will further expand its security leadership, adding StackRox's complementary capabilities to strengthen integrated security across its open hybrid cloud portfolio with greater simplicity and consistency," the company said.
"With StackRox, Red Hat will focus on transforming how cloud-native workloads are secured by expanding and refining Kubernetes' native controls, as well as shifting security left into the container build and CI/CD phase, to provide a cohesive solution for enhanced security up and down the entire IT stack and throughout the lifecycle."
Red Hat said it plans to open source StackRox's technology at a later date and will continue to support the KubeLinter community as well as new communities as Red Hat works to open source StackRox's offerings.