As enterprises and service providers continue their rapid shift toward cloud-native architectures, the challenges of securing applications and APIs in dynamic Kubernetes environments have become a central concern. Now, two leaders in the space—Radware and SUSE—have announced a strategic partnership that aims to bring order to this complexity with a modular, scalable, and enterprise-ready security solution.
The partnership, revealed on April 28, 2025, combines Radware’s AI-powered Kubernetes Web Application and API Protection (KWAAP) with SUSE’s Kubernetes management suite, Rancher Prime, and its embedded SUSE Security offering. The result is a tightly integrated full-stack platform designed to secure workloads from the core data center to the network edge.
This alliance arrives at a pivotal moment. According to Radware’s 2025 Global Threat Analysis Report, attacks targeting web applications and APIs rose by 41% in 2024. Organisations across critical sectors—from telecoms to healthcare—are under siege by increasingly sophisticated botnets, encrypted payloads, and denial-of-service tactics that traditional perimeter defences can’t detect, much less stop.
Michael Nieto, Radware’s VP of global business development, underscores the stakes: “We’re seeing a significant rise in advanced, targeted attacks at the application and API level—especially across distributed edge environments. The combination of our AI-powered protection with SUSE’s container-native stack enables uninterrupted service delivery, even in the face of emerging threats.”
SUSE, with its longstanding commitment to open-source flexibility and enterprise scale, brings centralised policy enforcement and deep workload protection to the table. “Together with Radware, we’re offering customers an enterprise-ready Kubernetes-native stack that protects workloads from ingress to runtime to API—whether deployed in the cloud, on-premise, or at the edge,” said Peter Smails, SUSE’s SVP and GM of enterprise container management.
The joint solution is more than just a security add-on—it’s a strategic enabler for DevSecOps. With built-in support for CI/CD pipeline integration, organizations can adopt cloud-native infrastructure with security embedded from the start, not bolted on as an afterthought. Key benefits include:
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Closing security gaps within Kubernetes clusters,
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Supporting compliance with regulations like PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR,
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Accelerating secure cloud-native adoption, and
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Providing deployment flexibility across hybrid and edge environments.
Importantly, Radware’s KWAAP is now certified on SUSE Rancher Prime and SUSE Edge platforms, ensuring interoperability and robust support in edge-native and hybrid use cases.
As cyber threats grow more evasive and workloads more distributed, this partnership reflects a broader industry shift: security must evolve from reactive perimeter defence to proactive, integrated protection embedded across the entire application lifecycle.
For enterprises seeking to modernise without compromising trust, Radware and SUSE’s collaboration represents a significant step forward—merging agility, scale, and security into a unified Kubernetes-native foundation.
