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Aqua Security (aqua-security)

Aqua Security provides cloud-native security for the full application lifecycle, protecting containers, serverless functions, and cloud workloads with vulnerability scanning, runtime protection, and compliance enforcement.

URL: https://www.aquasec.com/

Run: Capabilities Using Naftiko

Tags:

  • Cloud Native, Containers, Kubernetes, Runtime Protection, Security, Vulnerability Scanning

Timestamps

  • Created: 2026-03-26
  • Modified: 2026-04-19

APIs

Aqua Security

Aqua Security provides cloud-native security for the full application lifecycle, protecting containers, serverless functions, and cloud workloads with vulnerability scanning, runtime protection, and compliance enforcement.

Human URL: https://www.aquasec.com/

Tags:

  • Cloud Native Security, Container Security, Kubernetes, Runtime Protection, Security, Vulnerability Scanning, CSPM, DevSecOps

Properties

Trivy

Trivy is a comprehensive open source security scanner for containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds, and more — finding vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and SBOMs.

Human URL: https://trivy.dev/

Tags:

  • Container Scanning, Open Source, Vulnerability Scanner, SBOM, Kubernetes Security

Properties

Tracee

Tracee is a runtime security and forensics tool for Linux that uses eBPF technology to trace system events and detect suspicious behavioral patterns.

Human URL: https://aquasecurity.github.io/tracee/

Tags:

  • eBPF, Runtime Security, Linux Security, Forensics, Open Source

Properties

Common Properties

Features

Name Description
Vulnerability Scanning Comprehensive scanning of container images, VM workloads, and serverless functions for known CVEs and misconfigurations.
Runtime Protection Real-time protection of running containers and cloud workloads using behavioral analysis and policy enforcement.
CSPM Cloud Security Posture Management to identify and remediate misconfigurations across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Supply Chain Security Protect the software supply chain by scanning code, open source dependencies, and CI/CD pipelines.
Kubernetes Security Native Kubernetes security including admission control, runtime policies, and compliance benchmarks.
Compliance Enforcement Automated compliance checks against CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, and other regulatory frameworks.
Secrets Detection Detect and prevent secrets and credentials from being embedded in container images and code repositories.
Network Policy Visualize and enforce container network connectivity and micro-segmentation policies.

Use Cases

Name Description
Container Security Secure Docker and OCI containers throughout the build-to-runtime lifecycle.
Kubernetes Security Enforce security policies, runtime protection, and compliance for Kubernetes clusters.
Serverless Security Protect AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions from vulnerabilities and runtime attacks.
DevSecOps Integrate security scanning into CI/CD pipelines to shift security left and prevent vulnerabilities from reaching production.
Cloud Workload Protection Protect VMs and cloud workloads across multi-cloud environments from threats and misconfigurations.
SBOM Generation Generate Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for container images and code repositories to understand component risk.

Integrations

Name Description
AWS Native integrations with AWS ECS, EKS, Lambda, ECR, Security Hub, and other AWS services.
Azure Integrations with Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Registry, and Azure Security Center.
Google Cloud Support for GKE, Google Container Registry, and Cloud Run on Google Cloud Platform.
GitHub Actions Trivy GitHub Action for automated vulnerability scanning in CI/CD workflows.
Jenkins Jenkins plugin for container image scanning and policy enforcement in pipelines.
Terraform Terraform provider for declarative management of Aqua Security platform configuration.
Helm Official Helm charts for deploying Aqua Security components on Kubernetes.
Splunk Integration with Splunk for centralized security event logging and SIEM.
PagerDuty Alert routing to PagerDuty for runtime security event notifications.
Slack Security alert notifications delivered to Slack channels.

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Vocabulary

  • Aqua Security Vocabulary — Unified taxonomy mapping 6 resources, 8 actions, 0 workflows, and 3 personas across operational (OpenAPI) and capability (Naftiko) dimensions

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Maintainers

FN: Kin Lane

Email: kin@apievangelist.com

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