{"id":49200,"date":"2022-05-09T09:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=49200"},"modified":"2022-05-09T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:19:10","slug":"bayad-taps-aqua-securitys-cloud-native-application-protection-platform-for-cloud-native-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2022\/05\/09\/bayad-taps-aqua-securitys-cloud-native-application-protection-platform-for-cloud-native-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayad taps Aqua Security\u2019s cloud native application protection platform for cloud native security\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquasec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aqua Security<\/a>, the leading pure-play cloud native security provider, today announced that Bayad, the largest multi-channel payment platform in the Philippines, and the country\u2019s pioneer in outsourced payment collection, is the latest Asia Pacific company to join Aqua\u2019s customer roster. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bayad selected Aqua\u2019s cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP) to ensure security and compliance of its digital wallet platform, biller aggregator service and bills payment platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bayad is a subsidiary of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and has been investing in cloud native application methodologies, using container and serverless technologies to increase agility, scalability, and resilience of key applications. To overcome some of the security challenges associated with the shift to cloud native applications, Bayad sought to elevate its standard for cloud native security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven Bayad\u2019s direction for cloud adaptation, we had to prioritize security controls in this new environment to ensure that the environment remains secure and intact,\u201d said Mel Migri\u00f1o, Meralco Group CISO.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cWe selected Aqua because it offers the capabilities that best match our environment from containers all the way to serverless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leveraging Aqua\u2019s platform, Bayad can assess security risks in the pipeline before applications get pushed into production. This includes detecting and remediating vulnerabilities in container images and serverless functions, security misconfigurations in cloud environments, and the presence of hidden secrets and sensitive data in application artifacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith Aqua, we now have visibility on the vulnerabilities of our cloud native applications, and it helps us prioritize remediation, so our Security Operations team is not overwhelmed,\u201d said Migri\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Aqua Platform is also used to extend security controls into production environments, where Aqua detects and prevents anomalous or disallowed behaviors at runtime. Bayad now adheres to industry best practices and compliance requirements, supporting principles of least privilege, detecting anomalies at runtime, and hardening cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHighly regulated industries demand compliance and visibility,\u201d said Robert D\u2019Amico, Area Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan. \u201cAqua\u2019s platform enables Bayad to enforce compliance across the entire application lifecycle and stop cloud native attacks. We\u2019re thrilled to have partnered with Bayad to allow the team to reach its vision for compliance with industry requirements, greater security of critical applications and protection of sensitive business and customer data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Delivering Value through Partnership&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gefura Inc.,&nbsp;a Solutions Distributor for Network and Security, is a trusted provider for Bayad and an Aqua Security partner since 2020. The Gefura team recognized that Aqua Security could solve Bayad\u2019s security and compliance challenges and worked with Bayad to integrate&nbsp;and deploy&nbsp;Aqua\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrue to its value driven DNA, Gefura has partnered with Aqua Security for its ability to unify protection of varying cloud native applications from containers to serverless, SAAS or on-premise.\u00a0 Aqua\u2019s CNAPP solution is the leader in this space and has proprietary defense capabilities to stop attacks on its track in the absolute terms \u2013 no machine guessing needed. Compensating controls can also be implemented for vulnerabilities without needing to change existing code base which is quite unique,&#8221; said Ned Serate, Gefura Consulting Principal.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest multi-channel payment platform in the Philippines partners with Aqua to secure its digital transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":46181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7335,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-49200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-bayad","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}