hands-on lab
Detect Threats in a Kubernetes Cluster with Falco
Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 35 minutes
Students: 12
Rating: 5/5
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Description
Falco is a cloud-native security tool that leverages custom rules to produce real-time alerting. Falco is designed for Linux systems and utilizes kernel events along with metadata from Kubernetes and containers to improve overall visibility.
This lab focuses on Falco rules. Falco is highlighted as a reference tool in the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam. You will learn how to configure a custom rule and how it is outputted in this lab.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:
- Activate the Falco service
- Customize the alerting output of a rule
- Execute commands to verify the rule is working correctly
Intended audience
- Candidates for the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam
- DevOps Engineers
- Security Practitioners
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:
- Kubernetes Pods
kubectloutput formatting
The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:
Updates
July 13th, 2024 - Updated cluster to Kubernetes 1.30
Environment before
Environment after
Covered topics
Lab steps
Connecting to the Kubernetes Cluster
Activate Falco
Customize a Falco Rule