Unified Zero Trust CNAPP 
Secure APIs 
Secure Kubernetes 
Secure Secrets 
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AccuKnox (vs) Sysdig
Secure Entire Ecosystem, Not Just Containers
AccuKnox offers broader coverage than Sysdig, protecting cloud, containers, Kubernetes, and more with runtime security and zero trust principles. Supports 33+ compliance frameworks for effortless regulatory adherence; users report 89% fewer false positives.
Parameters
Sysdig
Application Security Coverage
Registry scan (ECR, GCR, Nexus, Docker Hub, ACR, Harbor, Quay, jFrog, OpenShift, GAR)
Registry Scan (JFrog Artifactory, Amazon ECR, Docker Trusted Registry, GCR, GAR, Harbor, ACR, Quay)
Single scanner can be used to scan multiple registries
A new registry scanner must be installed per registry (except for AWS Organization)
Supports scanning public registries
Public registries are not supported
Identify 3rd Party Dependencies and their Vulnerabilities (SCA), Scan for Vulnerability in Code (SAST) and Evaluate Applications for Vulnerabilities (DAST)
Scans Container, IaC, Kubernetes manifest scan. SAST is done via integrations.
Integrate with CI/CD for detecting secret leakage and Shift Left Automation with Prioritization
Allows integration with CI/CD Pipelines
Observability & Remediation
Application Behavior Analysis - Provides deep observability by leveraging eBPF
Leverages eBPF for deep observability
Auto generation of policies based on the activity discovered inside containers to prevent anything that deviates from it
Provides pre-built policies and allows customization to detect malicious activity and send alerts. Auto Tuning helps reduce false positives
Graphical view of identities in Kubernetes with customizable queries to define least permissive posture
Does not provide a graphical view of the entities and their relationships
Hardening and Prevention
Provides policies that harden the workloads and prevents violations before they happen
Policies are reactive and kill the processes after they are found to violate the policy
Zero day attack protection by defining the least permissive posture of the application. This will prevent any new activity that is unexpected in the application
Helps identify malicious activity and quick reactions to zero day attacks
CIS benchmarking of clusters to reduce attack surface and proactive prevention of attacks using admission controllers
Supports Admissions Controller and CIS Benchmarking of clusters
Deployment Models
Air-gapped and On Prem Support
Supports Air-gapped and On Prem deployments
Agent based protection and Agentless scanning support
Supports Agentless scanning in addition to agent based scanning
Open vs Proprietary
Uses KubeArmor - An open source CNCF Sandbox project
Uses Falco Open Source
Ingests findings from other open source security tools
Ingests data from Open Source tools
Integrations
Integrates with both open source and proprietary scanners in addition to SIEM, Ticketing platforms
Can integrate with both Open Source and Proprietary tools
Future Proof Security
5G Workloads and IoT/Edge Security
Provides security capabilities at the Edge
CNAPP with out of the box Kubernetes Security via Posture Management (KSPM) & Identity Management (KIEM)
Provides only the KSPM capabilities
AI Security with ModelKnox (AI-SPM)
AI security is possible with AI Workload Security
Why Customers Choose AccuKnox Over Sysdig
Better
AccuKnox offers superior protection across cloud, containers, and Kubernetes environments, supporting over 33 compliance frameworks and enhanced by open-source innovations like KubeArmor, trusted by over 1 million downloads.
Faster
AccuKnox speeds up security operations with real-time runtime protection, cutting remediation time by 91% and reducing false positives by 89%, making threat detection and response significantly more efficient.
Cheaper
AccuKnox delivers a unified Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) that lowers total cost of ownership by consolidating multiple security tools into one solution, offering flexible pricing that scales seamlessly for organizations of all sizes.
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“Choosing AccuKnox was driven by opensource KubeArmor’s novel use of eBPF and LSM technologies, delivering runtime security”
Golan Ben-Oni
Chief Information Officer
“At Prudent, we advocate for a comprehensive end-to-end methodology in application and cloud security. AccuKnox excelled in all areas in our in depth evaluation.”
Manoj Kern
CIO
“Tible is committed to delivering comprehensive security, compliance, and governance for all of its stakeholders.”
Merijn Boom
Managing Director
Why Do DevSecOps and Security Teams Love our AppSec Platform?
“AccuKnox allows Public Sector agencies and entities to protect themselves against current and emerging threats.”
Natalie Gregory
Vice President Enterprise Solution
“Choosing AccuKnox was driven by opensource KubeArmor’s novel use of eBPF and LSM technologies, delivering runtime security”
Golan Ben-Oni
Chief Information Officer
“AccuKnox’s strong roadmap offerings in API Security, AI/LLM Security made AccuKnox the best choice for AppSec/CloudSec platform.”
David Billeter
Cybersecurity Leader
“At Prudent, we advocate for a comprehensive end-to-end methodology in application and cloud security. AccuKnox excelled in all areas in our in depth evaluation.”
Manoj Kern
CIO
“As 5G starts getting broad industry adoption, security is a very critical challenge. It is delightful to see an amazing innovator like SRI work with AccuKnox to deliver critical innovations”
Jim Brisimitzis
General Partner
“The discovery process is crucial to making drug discovery faster, smarter, and secure. We are pleased to partner with AccuKnox for their AI Security prowesses”
Matt Shlosberg
Chief Operating Officer
“AccuKnox does a tremendous job at showing the complexity of different approaches to Kubernetes security in terms of responding to high severity cloud attacks”
James Berthoty
Founder & Security Analyst
“We were able to work with a pioneer in Zero Trust Security. Tible is committed to delivering comprehensive security, compliance, and governance for all of its stakeholders”
Merijn Boom
Managing Director
Secure Code to Cognition™
Deploy. Detect. Defend.
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