The Importance of Runtime Security in Cloud Native Environments

Executive Summary: This vendor whitepaper discusses the growing risk of runtime attacks in cloud-native environments and the limitations of traditional, static security approaches; it emphasizes the need for real-time visibility and control (highlighting eBPF) and describes key runtime capabilities — prevent, detect, stop, and respond — while promoting Aqua's Runtime solution for protecting containers, serverless functions, and other cloud-native workloads.