For the first acquisition in the company’s 14-year history, Tenable Network Security has purchased container security startup FlawCheck to enhance security in Docker containers with plans to launch an integrated product next year.
Tenable, a Columbia, Md.-based vendor that develops the widely used Nessus vulnerability scanner, said the acquisition makes it the first vulnerability management company to provide security for Docker containers that support organizations’ DevOps processes.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
