Case Study: Kakaku.com automates container scanning with Aqua Security
Key results
The challenge
Kakaku.com set a goal to speed its development process and deploy applications faster without sacrificing security. It recognized that threats could bypass static container image scanning at the build stage, so it needed end-to-end protection from development through production. Its conventional process relied on manual image scanning.
The solution
Kakaku.com adopted the Aqua Platform, building image scanning into its CI/CD pipeline and adding runtime protection using Aqua Enforcers during operation. When a developer pushes code to the application repository, the CI/CD pipeline initiates an Aqua scan during the build to check for potential vulnerabilities.
“Using Aqua makes it possible not only to perform a reliable scan before release but also to prevent abuses after.”
KHKazuki Hashimoto1st Infrastructure Service Team, Kakaku.com
The results, in context
According to the published story, image scanning that used to take almost an hour was reduced to about 10 minutes, and the company reported a 6x improvement in operational efficiency. Aqua's automated build-stage scanning helped reduce or even eliminate human error. Figures are quoted from Aqua's public case-study page and dated.