BOSTON, Oct. 9, 2025 – Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced that Aqua Secure AI has been named Cybersecurity Solution of the Year for Artificial Intelligence in the 9th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. Conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization, the annual program recognizes the most innovative companies, products, and technologies driving progress in the global information security industry.
Aqua Secure AI is a first-of-its-kind solution delivering full lifecycle security for AI applications within Kubernetes and other cloud native environments. It embeds AI protection at the application layer without code changes or performance impact, combining deep development visibility with intelligent runtime defense. Secure AI monitors prompt behavior and model usage, enforcing context-aware security policies in real time, without SDKs or proxies, to stop risks like prompt injection, jailbreaks, and unsafe model behavior. With unified insights across development, infrastructure, and runtime, and 100% workload visibility through its embedded agent, Aqua ensures continuous, policy-based governance and protection for all AI workloads
“We set out to address the widening gap between modern security needs and what traditional tools can deliver. Built on our decade of container security expertise, Secure AI offers a scalable, future-proof solution that outpaces both threat actors and industry peers,” said Dror Davidoff, co-founder and CEO of Aqua Security. “As analysts predict over a billion new AI applications by 2028, with most running in containers, our focus remains on securing this rapidly expanding attack surface.”
“We set out to address the widening gap between modern security needs and what traditional tools can deliver. Built on our decade of container security expertise, Secure AI offers a scalable, future-proof solution that outpaces both threat actors and industry peers,” said Dror Davidoff, co-founder and CEO of Aqua Security. “As analysts predict over a billion new AI applications by 2028, with most running in containers, our focus remains on securing this rapidly expanding attack surface.”
The 2025 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program received thousands of nominations from more than 20 countries around the world, representing everything from disruptive startups to established global enterprises. This year’s winners embody the cutting edge of cybersecurity technology, delivering next-generation protection and resilience in today’s increasingly complex threat landscape.
“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, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “With Aqua Security, organizations can finally keep pace with the velocity of innovation. In a space cluttered with outdated tools and narrow use cases, Aqua stands out with a unified, intelligent, and deeply embedded approach to securing the future of AI and cloud-native development.”
“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, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “With Aqua Security, organizations can finally keep pace with the velocity of innovation. In a space cluttered with outdated tools and narrow use cases, Aqua stands out with a unified, intelligent, and deeply embedded approach to securing the future of AI and cloud-native development.”
To learn more about Aqua’s Secure AI, visit the website.
About Aqua Security
Aqua Security protects every cloud native application from code to cloud to prompt. As the pioneer in container and AI workload security, Aqua delivers full lifecycle protection across every stage of the development lifecycle in real time. Our unified CNAPP combines agentless and agent-based controls with industry-leading runtime security for cloud, on-prem, hybrid, multi-cloud, VM and mainframe environments. The Aqua Platform provides best-in-class security agents, scanning powered by Trivy, and advanced contextual vulnerability management to reduce noise and accelerate remediation. Founded in 2015, Aqua is headquartered in Boston, MA and Ramat Gan, Israel and secures more than 40% of the Fortune 100.
About CyberSecurity Breakthrough
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