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Container & Kubernetes Security

Secures images, registries, and Kubernetes runtime.

11 options listedTypical cost: $25k-$150k/yrPROTECT (PR) / DETECT (DE)

Overview

These tools scan container images, enforce admission policy, and detect runtime threats inside Kubernetes clusters. They address risks unique to cloud-native and microservice architectures. Sold per node, cluster, or workload. Open-source runtime and scanning tools are widely adopted.

Needed once you actually run Kubernetes in production.

Advantages

Aqua/Sysdig purpose-built
Falco/Trivy/kube-bench free and strong
admission control plus runtime detection.

Trade-offs

Requires Kubernetes expertise
runtime performance overhead
fast-evolving stack
overlaps CNAPP.

Vendors & tools in this area

AquaCommercial

Cloud-native and container security; runtime protection.

SysdigCommercial

Container/cloud security built on Falco; runtime insight.

WizCommercial

Agentless CNAPP leader; risk graph, fast UX.

Palo Alto Prisma CloudCommercial

Cloud/SASE + CNAPP suite (Prisma) - broad, premium.

Red Hat ACSCommercial

Kubernetes-native security (ex-StackRox).

FalcoOpen source

CNCF runtime threat detection.

TrivyOpen source

Images/IaC/deps/secrets scanner (Aqua).

Kube-benchOpen source

CIS Kubernetes benchmark checks.

KyvernoOpen source

Kubernetes policy engine.

NeuVectorOpen source

SUSE's open-source, Apache-2.0 container/Kubernetes runtime security platform.

Snyk ContainerCommercial

Developer-first container/image vulnerability scanning, shifts left into CI/CD.

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