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In this blog, we will compare and contrast Falco vs. AuditD from a Host Intrusion Detection (HIDS) perspective. AuditD is a native feature to the Linux kernel that collects certain types of system activity to facilitate incident investigation. Falco is the CNCF open-source project for runtime threat detection for containers and Kubernetes. We will dig deeper into the technical details and cover the installation, detection, resource consumption, and integration between both products.

Providing breakthrough IT operations requires ITSM, DevOps, and other ITOps leaders to efficiently and economically deliver exceptional employee experiences and high-performing business applications. Achieving these expectations isn’t easy.

In a previous post, we explored the basic concepts behind using Grok patterns with Logstash to parse files. We saw how versatile this combo is and how it can be adapted to process almost anything we want to throw at it. But the first few times you use something, it can be hard to figure out how to configure for your specific use case.

IT Asset Management (ITAM) and IT Service Management (ITSM) are critical for any organization that requires IT capabilities to support business objectives. Both technologies provide IT operational support to an organization; however, the purpose and objectives of these technologies are quite different. Let’s explore the differences and similarities between ITAM and ITSM.