CrowdStrike vs Prisma Cloud Cloud Security Tools Comparison

Compare CrowdStrike and Prisma Cloud. Also see why Global DevSecOps Teams choose AccuKnox instead

Overview

CrowdStrike is strong in EDR. Prisma Cloud is rich in CNAPP features. But cost and complexity limit their adoption for lean teams.

AccuKnox simplifies full-spectrum security with a modular, scalable platform covering compliance, runtime, and prevention.

This page compares CrowdStrike and Prisma Cloud, and shows why AccuKnox fits your needs better.

Parameters

Crowdstrike

Palto Alto Cortex Cloud

Application Security Coverage

Registry scan (ECR, GCR, Nexus, Docker Hub, ACR, Harbor, Quay, jFrog, OpenShift, GAR)

Scans AWS ECR, Docker Hub, Docker Registry V2, Google Artifact Registry, Google Container Registry, IBM Cloud, JFrog Artifactory, Microsoft ACR, Oracle Container Registry, Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Quay.io, Sonatype Nexus, VMware Harbor, Google Artifact Registry, GitLab

Repo Scan - Nexus, Alibaba Cloud Container Registry, ECR, ACR, Docker Registry v2, GitLab Container Registry, GAR, GCR, Harbor, IBM Cloud Container Registry, JFrog Artifactory Docker Registry, OpenShift integrated Docker Registry, CoreOS Quay, Trigger Registry scans with webhooks

Identify 3rd party dependencies and their vulnerabilities (SCA), scan for vulnerability in code (SAST) and evaluate applications for vulnerabilities (DAST)

Can identify the dependencies in use and has limited supported for Vulnerability scanning in code

Helps identify 3rd party dependencies and licensing issues(SCA), limited languages supported for SAST Does not provide DAST

Integrate with CI/CD for Shift Left automation with prioritization

Limited scanners are supported in the CI/CD Pipeline

Integrates with CI/CD for software supply chain security

Observability & Remediation

Deep observability with context by making use of eBPF

Supports eBPF agents

Runs in user space with capabilities of net_admin, sys_admin, sys_ptrace, mknod, and setfcap to interact with host and containers. IPTables to observe network traffic

Agents installed as Daemon set on k8s or as a process on host for complete observability. No changes needed on application level

Requires instrumenting the container runtime of each application with Prisma runC which is intrusive.

Auto generation of policies based on the activity discovered inside containers to prevent anything that deviates from it

Identifies suspicious activity

Graphical view of identities in Kubernetes with customizable queries to define least permissive posture

Does not provide observability into the infrastructure setup of the cluster

Can audit the activities on the cluster and limited visualization features

Hardening and Prevention

Hardening policies based on compliances and best practices to restrict activities at the kernel layer

Crowdstrike provides threat intelligence and helps to respond quickly, but does not prevent

Can prevent files from being created but cannot prevent write/delete to existing files

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 to immediately react to the attacks after they happen using telemetry, threat intelligence, and AI-powered analytics.

Proactive prevention of attacks by denying access at the kernel layer using LSMs

Limited support. Certain activities like file modification cannot be prevented

Admission controller and PSA to prevent vulnerable deployments

Supports Admission Controllers

Identify the configurations to harden and reduce the attack surface by providing CIS and STIG Benchmarking

Provides CIS Benchmarking for hardening the workloads

Deployment Models

Air-gapped and on-prem support

It is a completely SaaS based solution

Supports on prem with some limitations

Policies will prevent access even if connectivity is lost

Dependent on connectivity to detect and respond

Support for hybrid environment of on-prem + cloud

Agent based protection and scanners for identifying vulnerabilities

Agentless scanning support for the cloud assets only

Can deploy scanners for agentless scanning and provide agent based security

Open vs Proprietary

Built on KubeArmor which is a CNCF sandbox project

CrowdStrike Falcon is a proprietary solution

Uses open source tools such as Checkov to perform scans

Can ingest results from open source security tools

Ingests results from partner tools which are proprietary

Supports integrations with Proprietary tools

Integrations

Integrates with both Open source and Proprietary tools for security

Integrates with only proprietary security tools

Can integrate with only Proprietary tools

Integrates with open source scanners to provide a single platform view

Future Proof Security

5G and IoT/Edge Security

Support IoT/Edge security and capabilities that apply to 5G

Supports 5G and IoT/Edge Security as separate modules

Only CNAPP without of the box Kubernetes security via posture management (KSPM) & identity management (KIEM)

Provides KSPM capabilities

Provides benchmarking checks for kubernetes to identify misconfigurations and identity issues

AI Security with ModelKnox (AI-SPM)

AI Security with AI-SPM module

Provides security for AI with AI-SPM module

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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.”