What's new in Sysdig – August 2022

In August 2022, Sysdig introduced several new features across its monitoring and security platforms. Sysdig Monitor enhanced its troubleshooting capabilities with the release of Advisories and a new Dashboard Manager, improving user interface and visualization options. Sysdig Secure rolled out advanced features like Cryptomining Detection using machine learning, which provides precise identification of cryptojacking attempts, and Managed Policies for threat detection. Additionally, Sysdig improved its Prometheus integration with Alertmanager notifications and supported new PromQL variables for enhanced metric analysis. The company also released updates to its Sysdig Agents, providing better visibility into agent statuses and cluster instrumentation. Moreover, the latest Sysdig Agent release, v12.8.0, includes new features such as Kubernetes state metrics and support for specific syscalls. Throughout the document, various technical updates, fixes, and improvements were detailed, including the release of a new runtime vulnerability scanner, updates to existing SDKs and CLI tools, and enhanced integrations with cloud platforms.