Aqua Security vs Orca Security

Aqua's Image Assurance policy gates Kubernetes deployments via admission controller, blocking any image with critical CVEs or detected secrets before the pod starts.

Aqua DTA sandboxes container images and executes them in an isolated environment, detecting malicious behaviors like data exfiltration or persistence mechanisms not visible in static scans.

Aqua's secrets detection scans source code, config files, and env variables in CI pipelines, catching hardcoded API keys before they reach a container registry.

Orca SideScanning reads cloud workload runtime data out-of-band at the hypervisor level, detecting CVEs, malware, and misconfigurations without installing a single agent across thousands of instances.

Orca's risk scoring weighs vulnerability severity against accessibility, lateral movement paths, and data sensitivity, reducing a noise pile of 10,000 CVEs to 50 actionable critical risks.

Orca's compliance checks map findings to CIS Benchmarks, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 controls, generating a gap report for a new AWS environment within hours of connecting the first account.