Install Agent Components
Sysdig Secure provides container, Kubernetes, and cloud security for the entire enterprise, from pipeline development through incident response.
Features and Components Overview
The following section describes Sysdig Secure features and the tools that provide them.
Cluster Shield and Host Shield
The Sysdig Cluster Shield and Host Shield (Technical Preview) streamline the deployment, management, and configuration of the Sysdig suite of security and compliance tools at the cluster level. By consolidating multiple agent deployments into a single containerized component, they simplify operations for Kubernetes environments to enable you to maintain the security and compliance posture of your system.
For details, see Cluster Shield. and Host Shield.
Runtime Threat Detection
The Sysdig Agent provides runtime threat detection, which processes syscall events and metrics, creates capture files, and performs auditing and compliance. It provides detailed visibility into container and host activity, helping to detect and prevent threats.
Sysdig also provides a serverless agent available for ECS Fargate.
Install the Sysdig Agent on Kubernetes | Hosts | ECS on EC2
Install the Serverless Agent on ECS Fargate
Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability management is the systematic process of identifying, evaluating, and addressing security-related software bugs in your organization, as identified by trusted third-party vulnerability feeds. Key concepts areas of Vulnerability management include vulnerability identification, risk assessment and prioritization. Sysdig addresses vulnerability findings at each stage of the software lifecycle.
Vulnerability Pipeline Scanning
The sysdig-cli-scanner tool allows you to scan a container image stored locally, such as a developer machine, or in a remote registry. You can also integrate the sysdig-cli-scanner as part of any instrumentation or CI/CD pipeline to scan any container image right after it is built. Native plugins for some CI/CD software, such as Jenkins, are also available directly from their marketplace.
Install as a binary on your pipeline
Registry Scanning
This registry scanning component deploys the Sysdig Registry Scanner as a scheduled cron job in your Kubernetes cluster. It scans container images stored in the registry for vulnerabilities and compliance issues before they are deployed.
Install the Registry Scanner for a range of registry vendors.
Runtime Scanning
The Sysdig Runtime Scanner includes both Kubernetes workloads and hosts scanning with automatic updates. The scanner automatically observes and reports on all the runtime workloads in containers, keeping a close-to-real time view of images and workloads executing on the different Kubernetes scopes of your infrastructure. Perform periodic re-scans to ensure that the vulnerabilities associated with the runtime workloads and images are up-to-date with the latest vulnerabilities feed databases. It automatically matches a newly-reported vulnerability to your runtime workloads without requiring any additional user interaction.
Installed with the Sysdig Agent on Kubernetes | Hosts
Vulnerability Host Scanning
Vulnerability host scanning analyzes software packages installed on hosts with periodic re-scans. It automatically matches a newly-reported vulnerability to your hosts without requiring any additional user interaction.
Install options:
- With Sysdig Agent on Kubernetes
- On host as container or package
- Agentlessly for AWS cloud accounts
- Extended for non-Kubernetes containers
Compliance
Kubernetes (KSPM)
- KSPM Analyzer: This Kubernetes Security Posture Management component analyzes your host’s configuration and sends the output to be evaluated against compliance policies. The scan results are displayed in Sysdig Secure’s Compliance UI.
- KSPM Collector: This component enables the collection and sending of Kubernetes resource manifests to be evaluated against Compliance policies. Install on Kubernetes
Containers (Non-Kubernetes)
Posture Host Analyzer: This component is for hosts running Docker without a Kubernetes orchestrator, to scan, evaluate against Compliance policies, and display scan results in Sysdig Secure’s Compliance UI. Install on Linux Host running Docker
Response
Rapid Response
The Rapid Response feature lets designated advanced users investigate and troubleshoot events from a remote shell. It helps in quick incident response and resolution.
Install on Kubernetes or on a host as a container
Admission Controller
Kubernetes Audit Logging
This component deploys the Sysdig Admission Controller in your Kubernetes cluster to enable audit logging. It helps in enforcing security policies and preventing the deployment of vulnerable images.
Cloud Account Features
Integrate Sysdig Secure features with your cloud environments to provide unified threat detection, compliance, forensics, and analysis. The Agentless CSPM and Threat Detection features are available on AWS, Azure, and GCP. CIEM (Identity and Access) is currently available on AWS.
Agentless CSPM
This includes:
- Inventory: Search and gain visibility into resources across your cloud (GCP, Azure, and AWS) and Kubernetes environments. Each resource is enriched with a 360 degree overview - misconfigurations, compliance violations, vulnerabilities, and more.
- Compliance:: Review and remediate risk and compliance violations of your business zones against the policies with which you need to comply.
- IAC: Highlights and resolves misconfigurations and policy violations early in the development lifecycle, moving security as close to source as early as possible.
Threat Detection for Cloud
This feature provides:
- Threat Detection For Cloud: Use this to analyze cloud platform logs for known threats.
- Managed Threat Research: Discover new Zero Day Attacks against your cloud.
Identity and Access (CIEM)
Available for AWS: Identity and Access Management
Installation Environments
Sysdig provides the following installation environments:
Kubernetes Clusters
Use the Quick Integrations Wizard for complete installation including:
- Sysdig Agent
- Cluster Shield
- Vulnerability Host Scanner
- KSPM
- Rapid Response
Hosts
Container-based installation includes:
- Sysdig Agent
- Vulnerability Host Scanner
- Posture Host Analyzer
- Rapid Response
Package-based installation includes:
- Sysdig Agent
- Host Scanner
ECS on EC2
Includes Sysdig Agent
Serverless
Serverless installations support a subset of Sysdig Secure features. You can install the following components on a serverless environment:
Windows
Sysdig Secure supports a subset of features on Windows. You can install Sysdig Windows Host or Windows Kubernetes.
Install on Windows Host Install on Windows Kubernetes
Identity and Access (CIEM)
Available for AWS and includes:
- Least Permissive Analysis: By analyzing CloudTrail logs, Sysdig offers suggestions following the principle of least privilege (PoLP) - eliminating excessive permissions from all identity entities.
- Identity Hygiene: Prioritize what matters using risk labels (multi-factor authentication, inactive user, admin access) that automatically map to identity and access management violations.
- Jira Remediation: Assign identity-related remediation through Jira.
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