Red Hat To Bolster Kubernetes Security Capabilities With StackRox Acquisition
Red Hat looks to accelerate the adoption of container technology and its OpenShift hybrid cloud platform with the expanded security that StackRox will bring to cloud applications. By Rick Whiting January 07, 2021, 07:09 PM EST
Open-software powerhouse Red Hat has struck a deal to buy StackRox, a developer of container and Kubernetes-native security that Red hat will use to boost the security capabilities of the Red Hat OpenShift hybrid cloud platform.
The acquisition comes as the adoption of container technology in general – and Kubernetes in particular – for cloud-native applications within production IT environments is accelerating.
Red Hat buys Kubernetes security startup StackRox
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Red Hat Inc. announced its first acquisition of the year today, saying it intends to acquire container and Kubernetes threat detection company StackRox Inc.
Red Hat said it wants to integrate StackRox’s security tools with its OpenShift platform to make container workloads more secure. OpenShift is Red Hat’s version of the Kubernetes container orchestration software. Containers are portable, self-contained software environments, and Kubernetes is used to manage large deployments of them.
Founded in 2014, StackRox sells a cloud-based platform that offers continuous advanced threat detection for cloud-native applications, containers, serverless computing and Kubernetes. It’s designed to help enterprises secure their containers and Kubernetes environments at scale, and assists users in both detecting and responding to security threats. One of its key capabilities is that it helps security and Dev
Red Hat to Acquire StackRox
American multinational software company Red Hat today announced the signature of a definitive agreement to acquire StackRox, a trailblazer in Kubernetes-native security.
By bringing StackRox’s Kubernetes-native security capabilities to Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat said it hopes to take one step closer to creating a single platform that will enable users to build, deploy and securely run nearly any application across the entirety of the hybrid cloud.
In addition to Red Hat OpenShift, StackRox will carry on supporting multiple Kubernetes platforms, including Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
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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.
IBM closed the buy of Red Hat back in 2019 for a dizzying $34bn. In an interview with
The Register last year, new CEO Paul Cormier said : In terms of IBM and our strategy, we do our own things. Those things clearly include bolstering the company s enterprise Kubernetes platform with StackRox s security.
Red Hat to acquire container security firm StackRox
US open source software giant Red Hat is set to acquire StackRox for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2021.
Through the acquisition, the company aims to bring StackRox’s Kubernetes-native security capabilities to OpenShift, Red Hat’s container platform. Red Hat provides open source software solutions, including Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
Red Hat was co-founded by Canadian entrepreneur Bob Young in 1993.
Red Hat was co-founded by Canadian entrepreneur Bob Young in 1993. In 2018, Red Hat was acquired by IBM for $34 billion USD. Today, it is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, and employs over 16,000 people.