I recently completed a four-week pilot using Wiz's eBPF-based runtime sensor on our AWS EKS and Azure AKS workloads. While the sensor provides excellent insights into processes, network flows, and container behavior, we've been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of alerts. Despite spending weeks tuning the behavioral rules and reachability filters, we're still getting a lot of false positives, especially from cron jobs, kubectl actions, and legitimate pod activity that triggers privilege escalation alerts. Although the tool aids in linking runtime events to misconfigurations after establishing a baseline, the ongoing alert noise has made daily monitoring quite frustrating. I'm now considering alternatives like Prisma Cloud, Upwind, and Orca. Do any of these options offer similar runtime visibility without the excessive alerts?
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You might want to look into further filtering within your alerting tool. Some platforms, like SIGNL4, support deferred notifications, meaning if a sensor reports a false error and then goes back to an OK state shortly after, no alert will be sent. That might help with the noise.
Yeah, the alert firehose from Wiz is a real issue. I found that Prisma Cloud's runtime capabilities are solid, but honestly, it's just as noisy initially. It feels like you're just swapping one tuning hassle for another. Upwind focuses more on risk scoring rather than pure runtime events, which means fewer alerts but less visibility. Orca falls somewhere in between but can be pricier for what you’re getting. Honestly, these runtime sensors usually require about a month of baselining before the alerts settle down. If Wiz is doing the job for you after tuning, it might be easier to stick with it rather than starting over with a new tool.
In my opinion, Orca could be a good solution for you. It's rated highly by many users for its runtime monitoring features.
I totally get the frustration with Wiz's alerts. We spent a lot of time tuning out unnecessary noise from things like cron jobs and kubectl commands, but it felt like a never-ending battle. Several teams I've worked with switched to Upwind and found they had better runtime signals and less noise. During our PoV six months back, Upwind seemed to have a similar level of eBPF insight but offered alerts that were based on context + baseline, which helped cut down the noise significantly. If alert fatigue is your main concern, Upwind is definitely worth considering.
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