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Enhancing Linux Security with eBPF: Next-Gen Threat Detection and Prevention

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Session Description

Abstract:

Traditional security tools struggle to keep up with modern threats without adding performance overhead. Enter eBPF—a revolutionary technology that enables real-time monitoring and enforcement directly in the Linux kernel without modifying its code.

This talk will explore how eBPF is transforming Linux security, from intrusion detection to runtime threat prevention. We’ll dive into practical use cases like detecting suspicious system calls, monitoring network activity, enforcing security policies, and stopping attacks in real time. Attendees will see live demos of eBPF-based tools like Falco showing how to secure cloud-native workloads without compromising performance.

Key Takeaways:

(1) What is eBPF and why it's a game-changer for Linux security

(2) How eBPF can detect and block threats in real time

(3) Live demo using Falco followed by Q&A for the audiences

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE8uzHQ6qwk&list=PLUwT7f1HzTl3z60RzHdjY6wICzyKXUgnU&index=17

Session Categories

FOSS

Speakers

Vinod Kumar Nair

Principal Engineer

Experienced Cloud Architect with over 16 years of development and architectural expertise in the software industry. I have worked on various client-side projects spanning different business domains in Saudi Arabia, Singapore & the United Kingdom. Currently, I'm working as a Principal Engineer(AWS) with a financial services company, Arcesium India Private Limited where I manage data engineering, cloud infrastructure (AWS), the whole SDLC process, and work on Machine Learning models using AWS Bedrock. I have also spearheaded cloud infrastructure development in the past at a leading SaaS-based IPO bound Startup and have migrated & re-architected the whole SaaS product from Salesforce to AWS cloud bringing a significant reduction in billing cost to the company.

Furthermore, I love technologies & continue to invest my time in learning new things and using them in my work. I hold multi-cloud certifications as well as all active certifications in Kubernetes (CKAD, CKA, CKS, KCNA, and KCSA). I'm a public speaker and have given tech talks on various platforms like CNCG New Delhi, KCD Pune, etc. I also have a passion for contributing to various open-source projects of CNCF (like Strimzi, KEDA, etc), GitLab Community & Terraform. I love writing the blogs (on Dev.io/Medium/LinkedIn) on various cloud-native technoligies & sharing the knowledge with others in building the community. I'm also an active DoKC (Data on Kubernetes Community) Ambassador where I learn and share knowledge on stateful applications running on Kubernetes.

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