Google Summer of Code with Falco.

Falco, a project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, is participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), offering students the chance to contribute to open-source projects. Students interested in Falco can apply through the GSoC site and engage with mentors via the Sysdig OSS Slack channel. The project ideas for Falco include enhancing its output capabilities to integrate with systems like NATS and Kafka, extending its event sources beyond system calls and Kubernetes Audit Logs, and developing capabilities for Layer 7 inspection and detection in the context of zero trust networking. Other projects involve integrating Falco with AI/ML platforms for anomaly detection, creating a Prometheus metrics exporter for performance monitoring, and optimizing Falco deployment in large Kubernetes clusters. Additionally, there are opportunities to develop Falco rules profiles for application containers and security benchmarks. The initiative aims to harness the creativity and skills of students to advance Falco's capabilities.