# Cyber Company Profiles: Aqua Security

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## At a Glance

- Website: [aquasec.com](https://www.aquasec.com)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/aqua-security
- Type: Security for AI, Cloud Security
- Also known as: Scalock
- Market readiness: Established (28/40)
- Defensibility: Defensible (15/21)
- Founded: 2015
- Last updated: 2026-07-08

## Executive Summary

Aqua Security, a decade-old cloud-native security company used by more than 40 percent of the Fortune 100, holds a FedRAMP High authorization that is the hardest part of its position for a rival to take away. Sponsored by the Department of Education, it lets Aqua sell to federal agencies a competitor without the same clearance cannot reach quickly. The cloud-native scanning is reproducible by a funded rival, the capability Google signaled it wanted by buying Wiz. In November 2025 the founders moved to advisory roles, a CrowdStrike sales leader became chief executive, and a third round of layoffs followed. Most defensible for regulated and federal buyers, weakest where a cloud platform could bundle equivalent coverage into a bill the buyer already pays.

## Contents

- [Executive Summary](#executive-summary)
- [Sourced Details](#sourced-details)
- [Matrix Coverage](#matrix-coverage)
- [Market Readiness](#market-readiness)
- [Strategy Deep Dive](#strategy-deep-dive)
- [Sources](#sources)
- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

## Sourced Details

| Detail | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP) that secures containers, serverless functions, and cloud workloads from code to runtime, with an Aqua Secure AI line that discovers and protects AI applications. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2015 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Boston, Massachusetts, United States and Ramat Gan, Israel | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Series E extension ($60M, Evolution Equity Partners-led, 2024) | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Aqua Platform | Cloud native application protection platform combining agent and agentless coverage across code, supply chain, posture, and runtime for containers, serverless functions, and VMs. |
| Aqua Secure AI | Lifecycle protection for AI applications that discovers AI usage, governs models across SaaS and self-hosted deployments, and enforces runtime policy against prompt-based threats without code changes. |
| Software Supply Chain Security | Shifts security left across application code, infrastructure as code, and LLM components before risks reach production. |
| Runtime Protection | Real-time detection and prevention for running cloud native workloads, stopping attacks in production across the container lifecycle. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [AI Defense Matrix](https://aidefensematrix.com) [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Govern | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI-Workload Platforms |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |
| Runtime AI Data |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |
| AI Model |  | ✓ |  |  |  |  |

Aqua Secure AI discovers AI usage across SaaS, managed, and self-hosted models, applies posture checks to AI services, and enforces runtime policy against prompt injection and post-compromise activity where AI applications run. These capabilities are mapped to the AI Defense Matrix.

Mapped to the [Cyber Defense Matrix](https://cyberdefensematrix.com) [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| Data | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |
| Devices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |

The Aqua Platform CNAPP secures conventional cloud native workloads across containers, serverless functions, and VMs, scanning supply chain and code, enforcing pre-deployment posture, and detecting and stopping attacks at runtime in production. It is mapped to the Cyber Defense Matrix.

## Market Readiness

How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.

**Established (28/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-05. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 4/5 |
| Market Timing | 4/5 |
| Team Credibility | 3/5 |
| GTM Proof | 4/5 |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 |
| Category Clarity | 4/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 3/5 |

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## Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how [defensible](https://zeltser.com/scoring-security-product-strategy) it is against market forces and examining the [eight areas](https://zeltser.com/security-product-creation-framework) behind it.

### Defensibility

**Defensible (15/21)**

Band guidance: press the advantage. Analyzed 2026-07-08. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 1/3 |
| Switching Cost | 2/3 |
| Compliance Moat | 3/3 |
| Problem Complexity | 3/3 |
| Buyer Profile | 3/3 |
| Layer | 2/3 |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP | 1/3 |

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## Sources

### Company Detail Sources

Cited from the Sourced Details and Matrix Coverage rows.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | [Aqua CNAPP products overview](https://www.aquasec.com/products/) | official | 2026-06-25 |
| f2 | [Aqua Security raises $60M and remains a unicorn (TechCrunch)](https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/03/cloud-native-cybersecurity-startup-aqua-security-raises-60m-and-remains-a-unicorn/) | press | 2026-06-25 |
| f3 | [Aqua Security raises $135M at a $1B valuation (TechCrunch)](https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/10/aqua-security-raises-135m-at-a-1b-valuation-for-its-cloud-native-security-service/) | press | 2026-06-25 |
| f4 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog mapping (Aqua Secure AI)](https://www.aquasec.com/solutions/ai-application-security/) | official | 2026-06-25 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Aqua Security homepage (protect what runs in the cloud, 40% of the Fortune 100)](https://www.aquasec.com/) “Trusted by more than 40% of the Fortune 100” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s2 | [Aqua CNAPP products (code to cloud to prompt)](https://www.aquasec.com/products/) “Secure every phase, protect every workload and reduce cloud and AI risk everywhere applications run. Aqua delivers full lifecycle security from code to cloud to prompt.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s3 | [Aqua Secure AI (protect AI apps from code to cloud to prompt)](https://www.aquasec.com/solutions/ai-application-security/) “Gain visibility into prompt and model behavior inside containers where AI applications are hosted and run. Aqua enforces policy in real time without requiring SDKs, proxies, or rewrites.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s4 | [Aqua Security raises $135M at a $1B valuation (TechCrunch)](https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/10/aqua-security-raises-135m-at-a-1b-valuation-for-its-cloud-native-security-service/) “raised a $135 million Series E funding round at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by ION Crossover Partners.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s5 | [Aqua Security raises $60M and remains a unicorn (TechCrunch)](https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/03/cloud-native-cybersecurity-startup-aqua-security-raises-60m-and-remains-a-unicorn/) “raised $60 million in funding, extending its previously announced $135 million Series E round of funding to $195 million. Founded in 2015, Tel Aviv- and Boston-based Aqua Security claims customers such as PayPal, Netflix and Samsung” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s6 | [Aqua Security Achieves FedRAMP High Authorization (GlobeNewswire wire)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/08/3057524/0/en/Aqua-Security-Achieves-FedRAMP-High-Authorization.html) “it has achieved the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's (FedRAMP) high impact authorization status and is listed in the FedRAMP marketplace. Sponsored by the Department of Education” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s7 | [Aqua Security Announces Leadership Transition (GlobeNewswire wire, Nov 2025)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/11/05/3181654/0/en/Aqua-Security-Announces-Leadership-Transition-as-Company-Enters-Its-Next-Phase-of-Growth.html) “Co-founders Dror Davidoff and Amir Jerbi will step back from their day-to-day roles as chief executive officer and chief technology officer ... Mike Dube ... has been appointed CEO ... Prior to joining Aqua, Dube served as vice president, North America Strategic Sales at CrowdStrike” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s8 | [Aqua Security lays off staff weeks after management shake-up (CTech)](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/4bzp62ggf) “Cyber unicorn Aqua Security is laying off dozens of employees, including about 20 in Israel. This is the company's third round of layoffs in recent years. Aqua employs roughly 360 people in total.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s9 | [Aqua Security homepage customer wall (Audi container platform at scale)](https://www.aquasec.com/) “Audi uses Aqua to Protect Container Platform at Scale” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s10 | [Google completes acquisition of Wiz (Cybersecurity Dive)](https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/google-32-billion-acquisition-wiz/814437/) “Google completes acquisition of Wiz” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s11 | [Aqua Security Trust Center (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 2022, CSA STAR, NIST 800-53)](https://trust.aquasec.com/) “Compliance: CSA Star, GDPR, NIST 800-53 Low Baseline, ISO 27017:2015, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO27018:2019, ISO 27701:2019” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s12 | [Israeli Registrar of Companies: AQUA SECURITY SOFTWARE LTD (company 515317972, incorporated 24/09/2015, status active, annual report 2025)](https://data.gov.il/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=f004176c-b85f-4542-8901-7b3176f9a054&q=Aqua%20Security&limit=20) “"שם באנגלית":"AQUA SECURITY SOFTWARE LTD","סוג תאגיד":"ישראלית חברה פרטית","סטטוס חברה":"פעילה","תאור חברה":"","מטרת החברה":"לעסוק בכל עיסוק חוקי","תאריך התאגדות":"24/09/2015"” | regulatory | 2026-06-29 |
| s13 | [NVD CVE-2024-35192: credential leak in Aqua's Trivy scanner before 0.51.2](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35192) “it could result in the leakage of credentials for legitimate registries such as AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Google Cloud Artifact/Container Registry, or Azure Container Registry (ACR)” | regulatory | 2026-06-29 |
| s14 | [arXiv gh0stEdit (2506.08218): independent security evaluation naming Aqua's Trivy scanner](https://arxiv.org/html/2506.08218) “a vulnerability scanner provided by Aqua Security, functions similarly to Docker Scout and Grype” | research | 2026-06-29 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Aqua Security homepage (protect what runs in the cloud, 40% of the Fortune 100)](https://www.aquasec.com/) “Trusted by more than 40% of the Fortune 100” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s2 | [Aqua CNAPP products (code to cloud to prompt)](https://www.aquasec.com/products/) “Secure every phase, protect every workload and reduce cloud and AI risk everywhere applications run. Aqua delivers full lifecycle security from code to cloud to prompt.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s3 | [Aqua Secure AI (protect AI apps from code to cloud to prompt)](https://www.aquasec.com/solutions/ai-application-security/) “Gain visibility into prompt and model behavior inside containers where AI applications are hosted and run. Aqua enforces policy in real time without requiring SDKs, proxies, or rewrites.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s4 | [Aqua Security raises $60M and remains a unicorn (TechCrunch)](https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/03/cloud-native-cybersecurity-startup-aqua-security-raises-60m-and-remains-a-unicorn/) “raised $60 million in funding, extending its previously announced $135 million Series E round of funding to $195 million. Founded in 2015, Tel Aviv- and Boston-based Aqua Security claims customers such as PayPal, Netflix and Samsung” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s5 | [Aqua Security Achieves FedRAMP High Authorization (GlobeNewswire wire)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/08/3057524/0/en/Aqua-Security-Achieves-FedRAMP-High-Authorization.html) “it has achieved the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's (FedRAMP) high impact authorization status and is listed in the FedRAMP marketplace. Sponsored by the Department of Education” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s6 | [Aqua Security Announces Leadership Transition (GlobeNewswire wire, Nov 2025)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/11/05/3181654/0/en/Aqua-Security-Announces-Leadership-Transition-as-Company-Enters-Its-Next-Phase-of-Growth.html) “Co-founders Dror Davidoff and Amir Jerbi will step back from their day-to-day roles ... Mike Dube ... has been appointed CEO ... Prior to joining Aqua, Dube served as vice president, North America Strategic Sales at CrowdStrike” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s7 | [Aqua Security lays off staff weeks after management shake-up (CTech)](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/4bzp62ggf) “This is the company's third round of layoffs in recent years. Aqua employs roughly 360 people in total. The company was founded in 2015 by CEO Dror Davidoff and CTO Amir Jerbi.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s8 | [Aqua Security Trust Center (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 2022, CSA STAR, NIST 800-53)](https://trust.aquasec.com/) “Compliance: CSA Star, GDPR, NIST 800-53 Low Baseline, ISO 27017:2015, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO27018:2019, ISO 27701:2019” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s9 | [Google completes acquisition of Wiz (Cybersecurity Dive)](https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/google-32-billion-acquisition-wiz/814437/) “Google completes acquisition of Wiz” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s10 | [Aqua Software Supply Chain Security (code, IaC, LLM components)](https://www.aquasec.com/products/software-supply-chain-security/) “Shift security left to protect every link in the software supply chain, including application code, IaC, and LLM components, before risks reach production.” | official | 2026-06-25 |

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