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| Product | Cisco Secure Workload by Cisco View product | Falco by CNCF View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Free trial available. Cisco Secure Workload by Cisco offers process behavior baselining. Compare features, use cases and leading Microsegmentation alternatives. | What does Falco do? It covers real-time rule engine and falcosidekick routing. See typical use cases, self-hosted or container deployment and how it compares to rivals. |
| Product type | Workload Protection & Microsegmentation Platform | Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection Engine |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Retail | Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaS |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise | On-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; SaaS cloud management platform; On-premises clustering appliance (UCS); Virtual cluster | Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker container |
| Data residency | On-premises cluster maintains all data on-site; SaaS hosted in US, EU | Self-hosted / Local Host |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: no |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: no |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: no |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Bare-metal serversvirtual machinesDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGCP | KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP | CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Secure FirewallCisco ACICisco ISEKubernetesOpenShiftAWSAzureGCP+2 more | KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch |
| Industries | Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareTelecommunicationsRetail | Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | CNCF |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 51-200 |
| Founded | 1984 | 2015 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco Secure Workload
Free trial available. Cisco Secure Workload by Cisco offers process behavior baselining. Compare features, use cases and leading Microsegmentation alternatives.Falco
What does Falco do? It covers real-time rule engine and falcosidekick routing. See typical use cases, self-hosted or container deployment and how it compares to rivals.Product type
Cisco Secure Workload
Workload Protection & Microsegmentation PlatformFalco
Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection EngineBest for
Cisco Secure Workload
Cross-industry, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Telecommunications, RetailFalco
Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaSPricing
Pricing model
Cisco Secure Workload
Contact VendorFalco
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco Secure Workload
Free trial: yesFalco
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco Secure Workload
SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Falco
On-Premise
Deployment details
Cisco Secure Workload
Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; SaaS cloud management platform; On-premises clustering appliance (UCS); Virtual clusterFalco
Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker containerData residency
Cisco Secure Workload
On-premises cluster maintains all data on-site; SaaS hosted in US, EUFalco
Self-hosted / Local HostKey features
What it offers
Cisco Secure Workload
- Application dependency mapping
- Automated least-privilege policy generation
- Host-based microsegmentation
- Process behavior baselining
- Software vulnerability detection
- Dynamic compliance tracking
- Forensic replay
- Zero Trust microsegmentation
Falco
- eBPF kernel syscall monitoring
- Real-time rule engine
- Kubernetes metadata enrichment
- Behavioral threat detection
- Falcosidekick routing
- Container runtime security
- Kernel-level intrusion detection
- Kubernetes anomaly alerting
Platform & access
API access
Cisco Secure Workload
API access: yesFalco
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco Secure Workload
SSO: yesFalco
SSO: noRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco Secure Workload
RBAC: yesFalco
RBAC: noMulti-tenant
Cisco Secure Workload
Multi-tenant: yesFalco
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
Cisco Secure Workload
Mobile app: noFalco
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco Secure Workload
Bare-metal serversvirtual machinesDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Falco
KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure
Compliance
Cisco Secure Workload
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP
Falco
CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco Secure Workload
Cisco Secure FirewallCisco ACICisco ISEKubernetesOpenShiftAWSAzureGCP+2 more
Falco
KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch
Industries
Cisco Secure Workload
Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareTelecommunicationsRetail
Falco
Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS
Regions
Cisco Secure Workload
Global
Falco
Global
Vendor
Company
Cisco Secure Workload
CiscoFalco
CNCFHeadquarters
Cisco Secure Workload
San Jose, California, USAFalco
San Francisco, California, USACompany size
Cisco Secure Workload
80,000+Falco
51-200Founded
Cisco Secure Workload
1984Falco
2015