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# Falco

<https://falco.org/>

Falco is a cloud-native security tool designed for Linux systems. It employs custom rules on kernel events, which are enriched with container and Kubernetes metadata, to provide real-time alerts. Falco helps you gain visibility into abnormal behavior, potential security threats, and compliance violations, contributing to comprehensive runtime security.

[Try Falco](https://falco.org/docs/getting-started/)

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[Threat Detection](https://falco.org/about/use-cases/#threat-detection)

Detect malicious behavior in hosts and containers, no matter what scale, using the power of eBPF.

[Regulatory Compliance](https://falco.org/about/use-cases/#compliance)

Stay compliant in cloud-native systems with Falco's intelligent monitoring and rule-based detection.

### What makes Falco different?

### Cloud Native

Falco detects threats across containers, Kubernetes, hosts and cloud services.

### Real Time Detection

Falco provides streaming detection of unexpected behavior, configuration changes, and attacks.

### Integration with 50+ Systems

[Forward Falco alerts](https://falco.org/docs/outputs/forwarding/) to any off-host SIEM and data lake system for analysis, storage, or reaction.


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