Tetragon: Extending eBPF and Cilium to runtime security
Briefly

Cilium enhances container and Kubernetes security by leveraging eBPF hooks in the Linux kernel. As enterprise infrastructures become more distributed, traditional security methods are increasingly challenged by software supply chain vulnerabilities. The complexity escalates with numerous application dependencies and rapid software updates. Security teams struggle to track the source and impact of threats within containers, breaking away from established, scripted security protocols. As Kubernetes and microservices proliferate, security practices need to evolve to maintain effectiveness in complex, dynamic environments.
Enterprise infrastructure has never been more distributed... The average application today has more than 150 dependencies, making security increasingly complex through software supply chain vulnerabilities.
Chasing down security threats means unpacking a Russian doll of different domains... determining the entry point of the threat, discovering compromised software, and pinpointing impacted files.
A decade since the first commit was made to Kubernetes, security teams are adapting to the shift... Kubernetes' labels and pods broke traditional IP-centric security approaches, increasing complexity.
In today's cloud-native environments... established procedures for security can't keep up with the rapid change and scale of microservices in Kubernetes.
Read at InfoWorld
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