Comparing GuardDuty & Falco on EKS

The blog post explores the differences between GuardDuty and Falco in the context of Amazon EKS, emphasizing their respective capabilities for threat detection and security management. GuardDuty offers a streamlined, managed security service that alerts on predefined threat patterns in AWS environments, such as privilege escalation and network-related threats, but lacks customization options. In contrast, Falco, an open-source project, provides extensive configurability through its YAML rule language, allowing users to tailor threat detection rules to their specific needs, covering syscalls, Kubernetes audit logs, and AWS CloudTrail logs. While GuardDuty simplifies security management with its out-of-the-box findings, Falco's flexibility makes it suitable for diverse infrastructure setups, including multi-cloud and on-premises environments. The post also highlights Sysdig Secure as a managed solution that extends Falco's capabilities, offering a centralized Cloud Detection & Response platform that alleviates management burdens and enhances visibility through a user-friendly interface.