Aqua Security wins AI cybersecurity solution of the year award

Aqua Security’s AI protection platform, Aqua Secure AI, has been named “Cybersecurity Solution of the Year for Artificial Intelligence” in the ninth annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. The recognition highlights the growing need for specialized security solutions as analysts predict over a billion new AI applications will be deployed by 2028, with most running in containerized environments.

What you should know: Aqua Secure AI delivers comprehensive security for AI applications throughout their entire lifecycle within Kubernetes and cloud native environments.

• The platform embeds AI protection directly at the application layer without requiring code changes or impacting performance.
• It monitors prompt behavior and model usage while enforcing context-aware security policies in real time.
• The solution operates without SDKs (software development kits) or proxies, providing 100% workload visibility through its embedded agent.

Key security capabilities: The platform addresses critical AI-specific threats that traditional cybersecurity tools cannot handle effectively.

• Secure AI stops risks like prompt injection attacks, jailbreaks, and unsafe model behavior.
• It combines deep development visibility with intelligent runtime defense mechanisms.
• The system provides unified insights across development, infrastructure, and runtime environments.

Why this matters: The award comes as the cybersecurity industry grapples with securing rapidly expanding AI attack surfaces in cloud native environments.

• “We set out to address the widening gap between modern security needs and what traditional tools can deliver,” said Dror Davidoff, co-founder and CEO of Aqua Security.
• The company leveraged its decade of container security expertise to build what it calls a “scalable, future-proof solution that outpaces both threat actors and industry peers.”

Industry recognition: The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program received thousands of nominations from more than 20 countries, representing companies from disruptive startups to established global enterprises.

• “Aqua Secure AI delivers full lifecycle security tailored for the modern stack, empowering organizations to innovate with GenAI while staying in control,” said Steve Johansson, managing director of CyberSecurity Breakthrough.
• Johansson noted that “in a space cluttered with outdated tools and narrow use cases, Aqua stands out with a unified, intelligent, and deeply embedded approach.”

Company background: Aqua Security positions itself as the pioneer in container and AI workload security, serving a significant portion of enterprise customers.

• Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Boston, MA and Ramat Gan, Israel.
• Aqua currently secures more than 40% of the Fortune 100 companies.
• The company’s unified Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) combines agentless and agent-based controls across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, multi-cloud, VM and mainframe environments.