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Red Hat Open-Sourcing StackRox Security Technology
2021-05-05 13:41

Red Hat this week announced that it's taking the first steps towards open-sourcing the StackRox container security product for Kubernetes. Announced only months after Red Hat bought StackRox, the new StackRox community project follows the organization's business model of providing open source enterprise solutions.

Red Hat open-sources StackRox Kubernetes security product
2021-05-04 18:24

As Kubecon Europe gets under way, Red Hat has pushed out StackRox, the Kubernetes security product it acquired earlier this year, as an open-source project which will be the upstream for its Advanced Cluster Security for OpenShift. The StackRox product is itself deployed as a Kubernetes application and has several components, aiming to pick up vulnerabilities in both container images and in Kubernetes, look for misconfigurations such as unnecessarily elevated privileges, perform rule-based threat detection, and more.

Red Hat to acquire StackRox, enabling users to build, deploy and run apps across the hybrid cloud
2021-01-08 17:40

By bringing StackRox's powerful Kubernetes-native security capabilities to Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat will further its vision to deliver a single, holistic platform that enables users to build, deploy and securely run nearly any application across the entirety of the hybrid cloud. Red Hat has long been a leader in security for enterprise open source solutions, beginning with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and continually evolving to set new standards to secure cloud-native environments.

Red Hat snaps up Kubernetes security specialist StackRox
2021-01-08 16:30

IBM-owned Red Hat is to snaffle container security outfit StackRox and plans to fold the company's tech into its OpenShift platform. The amount being spent on the acquisition was not shared, although Crunchbase reported that StackRox has picked up more than $65m of funding in recent years, with a $26.5m investment led by Menlo Ventures as recently as September last year.

Red Hat Buys Container Security Firm StackRox
2021-01-07 23:37

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.

StackRox Releases Open Source Tool for Finding Kubernetes Misconfigurations
2020-10-28 18:44

Container and Kubernetes security company StackRox on Wednesday announced the release of KubeLinter, an open source tool designed to help users identify misconfigurations in Kubernetes deployments. KubeLinter is a static analysis tool that checks YAML files, which store configuration data for Kubernetes applications, to ensure that security best practices are followed.

Container Security Firm StackRox Raises $26.5 Million
2020-09-10 18:32

Container and Kubernetes security company StackRox on Thursday announced that it raised another $26.5 million in funding, which brings the total investment secured by the firm to $61 million. StackRox has developed a Kubernetes-native container security platform designed to help both security and DevOps teams enforce security and compliance policies.

StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform ensures patient data protection and HIPAA compliance
2019-04-10 03:30

StackRox, the leader in container and Kubernetes security, announced that Stratus Medicine has deployed the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform to secure healthcare data and achieve Health...

StackRox delivers Kubernetes security and compliance for Mux
2018-10-25 01:00

StackRox unveiled that Mux has deployed the StackRox Container Security Platform to protect its microservices and container environments in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform...

StackRox upgrades its Container Security Platform
2018-07-13 15:26

StackRox announced a new release of its Container Security Platform. It is the integrated solution for container security that incorporates a feedback loop between the different phases of the...