Akuity, provider of Kubernetes-native application delivery SaaS powered by the Argo Project and enterprise support for this popular open source tool, announced a new offer targeted at Enterprises and businesses where security and compliance are key.
The Akuity Platform is a Kubernetes application delivery platform powered by Argo CD, Akuity Co-Founders – CEO Hong Wang, CTO Jesse Suen, and Chief Architect Alexander Matyushentsev – are also the co-creators of the Argo Project. Argo CD is a part of the Argo project, a suite of open source tools purpose-built for deploying and running applications and workloads on Kubernetes that also includes Argo Rollouts, Argo Workflows, and Argo Events.
“The amount of cloud-native applications shipped daily is growing at an unprecedented pace, and businesses need solutions that can harden their security posture,” said Hong Wang, Akuity’s CEO. “Our security-hardened Argo CD offers just that – a powerful, compliant, and highly secure GitOps solution that allows businesses to thrive in the digital landscape with confidence.”
With Akuity’s new offering, businesses will benefit from:
- Hardened Distroless Argo CD Container Images: reducing the attack surface of your application containers.
- SBOM and CVE Patching for Argo CD: keeping you ahead of vulnerabilities with regular patching and real-time security scanning.
- FIPS-compliant Builds: adhering to the highest standards of security compliance.
- Extended Kubernetes Compatibility: maintaining compatibility with the last 5 Kubernetes releases.
- Enterprise Image Repositories: safeguarding your container images with a highly available OCI repository.
- Kubernetes CSP Compatibility: ensuring compatibility with your chosen Kubernetes Cloud Service Provider.
Adding this offering on top of Akuity Platform’s agent-based architecture, which strengthens Argo CD security from the start, offers businesses a streamlined pathway to FedRAMP authorization and unparalleled GitOps security.
