# Aqua Security

> Aqua Security is a cloud native security company founded in 2015 that helps enterprises protect containerized and cloud native applications from development to production. Its Aqua Platform is a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) that combines agent and agentless technology to scan code and images, enforce policies, manage cloud posture, and stop attacks at runtime. Aqua is also the creator of Trivy, the widely adopted open source vulnerability and misconfiguration scanner. Headquartered in Boston and Ramat Gan, Israel, the company protects more than 500 large enterprises and has raised $325M in total funding at a valuation above $1 billion.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and Ramat Gan, Israel)
- **Founders:** Dror Davidoff (Co-Founder, former CEO (now strategic advisor)), Amir Jerbi (Co-Founder, former CTO (now strategic advisor))
- **Team size:** ~480 employees
- **Products:** Aqua Platform (CNAPP), Trivy (Open Source), Trivy Premium, Software Supply Chain Security, Aqua Runtime Protection
- **Notable:** Named CyberSecurity Company of the Year, Creator of Trivy, the world's most popular open source vulnerability scanner (32k+ GitHub stars, 100M+ annual downloads), Reached unicorn status with a valuation above $1 billion in 2021

## Products & services

- **Aqua Platform (CNAPP)** — An integrated Cloud Native Application Protection Platform that secures applications from code to cloud, combining agent and agentless technology to prioritize risk and automate prevention, detection and response across the lifecycle.
- **Trivy (Open Source)** — The world's most popular open source vulnerability, misconfiguration, secret and SBOM scanner for containers, Kubernetes, code repositories and clouds - with 32k+ GitHub stars and over 100M annual downloads.
- **Trivy Premium** — A commercial extension of Trivy with centralized management, a UI, premium threat intelligence, malware scanning and binary scanning for larger organizations, delivered as part of the Aqua Platform.
- **Software Supply Chain Security** — End-to-end, multi-layered prevention of software supply chain attacks across the development pipeline.
- **Aqua Runtime Protection** — Real-time detection and prevention for running containers, Kubernetes, serverless functions and cloud VMs.
- **Secure AI / Aqua Compass** — Full lifecycle security for AI applications plus an MCP server enabling agentic investigation, containment and remediation of runtime incidents.

## Achievements

- Named CyberSecurity Company of the Year
- Creator of Trivy, the world's most popular open source vulnerability scanner (32k+ GitHub stars, 100M+ annual downloads)
- Reached unicorn status with a valuation above $1 billion in 2021
- Raised $325M in total funding across eight rounds
- Recognized as a representative vendor in Gartner's Market Guide for CNAPPs
- Named a leader in cloud native security by Frost & Sullivan and GigaOm
- Delivered the industry's first full lifecycle security for AI applications

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Launched Aqua Compass, an MCP server enabling agentic investigation and containment of runtime incidents, plus new runtime risk dashboards.
- **2025-11** — Announced a leadership transition: co-founders Dror Davidoff and Amir Jerbi stepped back to advisory roles; Mike Dube became CEO and Nir Makowski became Chief Product and Technology Officer.
- **2025-07** — Launched the Trivy Partner Connect Program with initial partners Echo and Minimus to expand the open source security scanning ecosystem.
- **2024-01** — Raised a $60M Series E extension led by Evolution Equity Partners, maintaining unicorn status.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aquasec.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/aquasecteam
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/aquasecteam
- GitHub: https://github.com/aquasecurity
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AquaSecurity
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/aquasecteam

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Last updated: 2026-07-22