Falco Runtime Security Cheat Sheet

Runtime threat detection with Falco. Rules, alerts, Kubernetes audit, and incident response.

Last Updated: December 24, 2025

Falco Basics

How Falco works, eBPF, system calls

Key concept 1: falco basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing falco basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: falco basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing falco basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: falco basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing falco basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: falco basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing falco basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: falco basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing falco basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 6: falco basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing falco basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Installation

DaemonSet, Helm, configuration

Key concept 1: installation
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing installation in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: installation
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing installation in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: installation
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing installation in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: installation
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing installation in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: installation
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing installation in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Rules

Default rules, custom rules, macros

Key concept 1: rules
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing rules in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: rules
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing rules in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: rules
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing rules in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: rules
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing rules in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: rules
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing rules in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 6: rules
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing rules in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Alerting

Outputs, Slack, PagerDuty, webhooks

Key concept 1: alerting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing alerting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: alerting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing alerting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: alerting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing alerting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: alerting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing alerting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: alerting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing alerting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Kubernetes Audit

Audit log integration, API monitoring

Key concept 1: kubernetes audit
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing kubernetes audit in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: kubernetes audit
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing kubernetes audit in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: kubernetes audit
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing kubernetes audit in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: kubernetes audit
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing kubernetes audit in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: kubernetes audit
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing kubernetes audit in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 6: kubernetes audit
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing kubernetes audit in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Response Actions

Automated response, quarantine, investigation

Key concept 1: response actions
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing response actions in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: response actions
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing response actions in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: response actions
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing response actions in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: response actions
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing response actions in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: response actions
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing response actions in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
💡 Pro Tip: Master the fundamentals of Falco Runtime Security first before diving into advanced features. Practice with real-world projects and refer to this comprehensive cheatsheet for quick reference and best practices.
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