GitOps company Weaveworks Inc. today revealed it has acquired cloud-native security startup Magalix Corp. for an undisclosed price.

Founded in 2017, Magalix offers a security-as-code platform that it says allows users to embed security at every development lifecycle stage, from code to cloud. The company’s platform monitors security postures, enforces security guardrails and offers real-time monitoring and analytics.

Magalix’s platform delivers policy as code that enforces security and compliance from source to production, enabling DevOps teams to apply consistent policies and best practices across multiple Kubernetes environments. Customers can bridge the gap between developers, DevOps and security teams by introducing developer guardrails.

The platform’s runtime policy and drift management guards protect production deployments, with Magalix’s KubeGuard agent ensuring that any runtime drift is detected and automatically remediated. Customers are assured that policies are being enforced across all deployments and are immediately aware of any violations.

Magalix platform is said to simplify DevSecOps and enables cloud-native environments to be more intrinsically secure, by integrating directly into the source, build and deployment stages of the software lifecycle.

Weaveworks intends to fully integrate Magalix into Weave GitOps Enterprise, delivering end-to-end Kubernetes security, enhanced visibility and resilience across the entire cloud-native lifecycle in hybrid cloud, multicloud and edge environments. The combination is said to deliver secure GitOps pipelines throughout the entire software life cycle that are imperative for resilient cloud-native service delivery that accelerates innovation, speed and agility.

“Enterprise customers have made it clear that trusted application delivery is critical to the success of their increasingly complex cloud-native platforms,” Alexis Richardson, chief executive of Weaveworks, said in a statement. “With the acquisition of Magalix, Weaveworks introduces customizable policies, compliance capabilities and comprehensive risk visibility into GitOps workflows, ensuring only authorized applications are deployed and there are no nefarious activities.”

Coming into the acquisition, Magalix had raised $3.2 million in venture capital funding, according to Crunchbase. Investors include Trend Forward Capital and 500 Startups.

Steve George, chief operations officer, and Steve Waterworth, technical marketing manager at Weaveworks, spoke to theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio during today’s AWS Startup Showcase: Open Cloud Innovations event to discuss the rise of GitOps.

George explained that GitOps “is very much aligned with DevOps, because we want to bring teams together and help them to deploy their applications, clusters and environments.” 

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