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Falco
Cloud native runtime security for containers and Kubernetes
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Scalability
high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
moderate
Maturity
stable
Languages: C++, Go
Architecture: runtime-security
When to Use
- +Container runtime security
- +Kubernetes security
- +Threat detection
When Not to Use
- -Non-container workloads
- -Simple security needs
Strengths
- CNCF graduated
- Low overhead
- Real-time alerts
- Customizable rules
Weaknesses
- Complex rules
- Kubernetes focused
Operations
Maintenance
medium
Monitoring
medium
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: self-hosted
Quick Facts
- Category
- security
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- free (free tier)
- Community
- large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- none
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
mediumlargeenterprise
Use Cases
- Runtime security
- Threat detection
- Compliance monitoring
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