Neuvector
Acquired2,716 employees on LinkedIn Β· 5 known investors
NeuVector is a Kubernetes-native, full lifecycle container security platform, acquired by SUSE in 2021 and open sourced.
Also known as NeuVector, Inc. Β· SUSE NeuVector Β· SUSE Security
Investors Β· 5
Company profile
researched Aug 2026NeuVector, Inc. is a container security company founded in 2015 by Fei Huang and Gary Duan and headquartered in San Jose, California. Its product is a full lifecycle, Kubernetes-native container security platform that spans DevOps pipeline vulnerability protection through automated run-time security and compliance in production. Capabilities include CI/CD vulnerability management and admission control (including a Jenkins plug-in and registry scanning), run-time scanning of registries, images, running containers, orchestration platforms and hosts for CVEs and application-specific vulnerabilities, behavioral learning that builds whitelist-based violation protection, threat detection for attacks such as DDoS and DNS attacks, DLP and WAF sensors for network traffic inspection, endpoint/host security covering privilege escalation, process and file activity monitoring, compliance and auditing via Docker Bench and Kubernetes CIS Benchmark tests, and multi-cluster management from a single console.
The platform is delivered as a set of security containers: Controllers (cluster management and REST APIs), Enforcers (per-node policy enforcement, typically a DaemonSet), Managers (stateless web console), Scanners (vulnerability and compliance scanning, scalable as a replicaset), and an Updater that refreshes the CVE database. It can be deployed on Kubernetes and OpenShift via kubectl, Helm charts or Red Hat certified/community operators, and also on virtual machines or bare metal. A distinguishing element is a Layer 7 container firewall that inspects and segments traffic between container and pod pairs.
Following the 2021 acquisition by SUSE, the technology was integrated into SUSE Rancher and open sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, and is marketed as SUSE Security, positioned as a fully open source, Zero Trust container security platform with vulnerability scanning, run-time protection, network segmentation, and reporting for PCI DSS, HIPAA and GDPR.
Founding story
NeuVector was founded in 2015 by Fei Huang and Gary Duan, industry veterans from Fortinet, VMware and Trend Micro, with the aim of providing simple, scalable network security for containers. The company publicly launched its container firewall product in January 2017, having developed patent-pending behavioral learning technology for containers.
Business model
NeuVector sells an enterprise container security platform that is deployed alongside customers' container and Kubernetes environments. Following the SUSE acquisition the platform is open source and offered commercially as SUSE Security through subscriptions, with accompanying consulting, training and support services.
Commercial subscriptions for the container security platform, supplemented by consulting, training and support services under the SUSE Security brand; the core software is available as open source.
Traction
The open source repository on GitHub has approximately 1,300 stars, 235 forks and over 3,500 commits. Prior to acquisition, SUSE described NeuVector as an established and growing business that would be immediately accretive to SUSE's revenue growth. NeuVector was among the 15 winners of the 2020 Tech Trailblazers Awards. Referenced customers of the SUSE Security offering include Nova Credit.
Latest developments
SUSE completed the integration of NeuVector into its portfolio, open sourcing the platform and marketing it as SUSE Security alongside SUSE Rancher Prime. Documentation covers version 5.6 of the platform, with 5.x images distributed via Docker Hub and mirrored to the Rancher registry; the GitHub repository carries SUSE copyright through 2025.
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Market position
Positioned as a Kubernetes-native, fully open source Zero Trust container security platform and, at the time of acquisition, described by SUSE as a leader in full lifecycle container security; container security is cited by 451 Research as the most important factor in enterprise adoption of cloud-native platforms.
NeuVector combines cloud-native intelligence with traditional network and firewall security, using behavioral learning to automatically whitelist normal container behavior and apply zero-configuration policies. It provides a Layer 7 container firewall with application-layer segmentation between container and pod pairs, is delivered itself as a container that can be added to existing environments, and is fully open source under Apache 2.0 following the SUSE acquisition.
Technology
The platform is built from four types of security containers - Controller, Enforcer, Manager and Scanner - plus an Updater for CVE database refreshes. Controllers run in high-availability configurations (three by default in production Kubernetes samples) and expose REST APIs; Enforcers run per node; Scanners scale horizontally with round-robin job assignment. Features include security policy as code via Kubernetes CRDs, admission control, DLP and WAF sensors, packet capture, container quarantine (blocking all network traffic while leaving the container running), log export via SYSLOG and webhooks, and integration with OpenShift RBAC, LDAP/Active Directory, SAML, OpenID and Okta for SSO. It runs on major clouds including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform and integrates with Rancher and Red Hat OpenShift.
Go-to-market
NeuVector was a SUSE partner for several years before the acquisition, with users able to deploy it through the SUSE Rancher application catalogue. Distribution channels include Docker Hub and the Rancher registry, Helm charts, Red Hat certified and community OpenShift operators, and GitHub for the open source project. Post-acquisition, SUSE positioned the product for cross-sell into its existing Rancher and enterprise customer base, supported by consulting, training and support services.
Enterprises running containerized and Kubernetes-based applications in production, including DevOps and platform teams, and organizations in highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare and the public sector.
Geography
Headquartered in San Jose, California, United States; following the acquisition the product is distributed globally through SUSE, which is headquartered in Luxembourg and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
History
Founded in 2015 in San Jose, California, NeuVector launched its container firewall solution in January 2017 and raised a $7 million Series A led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in November 2017 to expand its sales and engineering teams. The product line broadened over subsequent years, with new automated container security features in 2020 and security risk assessment capabilities for Kubernetes users in 2019. In October 2021 SUSE S.A. announced the acquisition of NeuVector for $130 million, stating it would integrate the platform into SUSE Rancher and open source it. The codebase is now maintained on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license with SUSE copyright, and the commercial offering is branded SUSE Security.
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Timeline Β· 6
launches, deals, and filingsSUSE S.A. announced the acquisition of NeuVector, Inc. for total consideration of $130 million, comprising $101 million in cash and $29 million through the issuance of 695,853 new shares. SUSE stated it would fully integrate NeuVector into SUSE Rancher and open source the platform.
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NeuVector was listed among the 15 winners of the ninth edition of the Tech Trailblazers Awards, a global awards program focused on enterprise technology startups.
NeuVector launched new platform features aimed at enterprise teams to help automate container security, vulnerability management and protection.
NeuVector released new security risk assessment capabilities, including new dashboards, for enterprises running Kubernetes in production.
NeuVector announced a $7 million Series A round led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, to be used to expand the sales and engineering teams supporting its cloud-native container firewall.
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NeuVector launched its container firewall product, which combines cloud-native intelligence with network and firewall security and uses behavioral learning to whitelist normal container behavior.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Neuvector do?
- NeuVector is a Kubernetes-native, full lifecycle container security platform, acquired by SUSE in 2021 and open sourced.
- Who are Neuvector's investors?
- Neuvector's investors include Aspenwood, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP), Sv Tech Ventures, Inc., TSVC, Fusion.