Capsule8

History

2021: Sophos bought Capsule8

In mid-July 2021, the company Sophos announced the acquisition of Capsule8, a solution developer servers and clouds operating. Linux The value of the transaction is not disclosed.

Founded in 2016, Capsule8 offers an attack detection platform designed for Linux production environments. The Capsule8 Protect platform is designed to free security groups from redundant manual operations - it replaces several outdated controls with a single solution that detects and prevents real-time vulnerabilities, while preserving the performance and reliability of production infrastructures.

IP company Sophos bought software developer to protect servers and clouds running on Linux

The platform allows you to detect a wide range of cyber attacks. These include malware, memory corruption, unusual application behavior, suspicious interactive wrappers, container shielding, kernel and user space backdoors, and operations with privilege files. The platform provides support for all major Linux orchestrators, including Kubernetes, Docker and CoreOS, as well as customization tools such as Puppet and Anonymous. Among the famous customers of Capsule8 are Mimecast Services, Databases, ActBlue, Betterment, Bison Trails, Fastly and Snowflake.

Sophos plans to integrate Capsule8 technology into its adaptive cybersecurity ecosystem, providing reliable and easy protection for Linux servers and cloud containers within this open platform. Sophos will also use Capsule8 technology in its advanced discovery and response solutions, Intercept X server security products, and Sophos Managed Threat Response and Rapid Response services.

With Capsule8 technology, organizations no longer have to choose between system stability and security risks, "said John Viega, CEO of Capsule8[1]

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