Tigera Announces General Availability of Container Security Features on Calico Cloud

Tigera, which provides the industry’s only active Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) with full-stack observability for containers and Kubernetes, announced the General Availability (GA) of its new container security features, including malware protection during runtime, Image Assurance with container image scanning, runtime visibility of vulnerable workloads and admission control policies.

With the availability of these features in Calico Cloud, customers have a single container security solution to improve security posture, reduce attack surface with fine-grained security controls, and provide threat defense from network and host based threats. By identifying potential vulnerabilities in the build phase of the CI/CD pipeline, users can ultimately leverage a shift-left approach to security.

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“We are pleased to offer the only solution that takes an active approach to container security with a focus on prevention and risk mitigation throughout the application lifecycle, from development through production,” said Ratan Tipirneni, President and CEO of Tigera. “Unlike competing solutions, which are reactive and focused on vulnerability detection, threat detection and alerting, Tigera’s solution does not just identify vulnerabilities and threats. Instead, it actively prevents attacks and mitigates risk by applying a zero-trust security approach to reduce the attack surface and prevent the lateral movement of threats, thereby safeguarding sensitive data.”

Tigera provides the industry’s only active Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) with full-stack observability for containers, Kubernetes, and cloud. The company’s platform prevents, detects, troubleshoots, and automatically mitigates exposure risks of security issues in build, deploy, and runtime stages. Tigera delivers its platform as a fully managed SaaS (Calico Cloud) or a self-managed service (Calico Enterprise). Its open-source offering, Calico Open Source, is the most widely adopted container networking and security solution. Tigera’s platform specifies security and observability as code to ensure consistent enforcement of security policies, which enables DevOps, platform, and security teams to protect workloads, detect threats, achieve continuous compliance, and troubleshoot service issues in real time.

Powering more than 100M containers across 2M+ nodes in 166 countries, Calico software is supported across all major cloud providers and Kubernetes distributions, and is used by leading companies including AT&T, Discover, Merck, ServiceNow, HanseMerkur, RealPage, L3Harris, and Mindbody.