Best of 2025: eBPF: The Silent Power Behind Cloud Native’s Next Phase
Let’s start at the beginning. eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a technology built into the Linux kernel that allows sandboxed programs to run safely inside the kernel itself. Originally, it was ...
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eBPF: The Silent Power Behind Cloud Native’s Next Phase
eBPF is quietly reshaping cloud native computing, powering service meshes, observability, networking, and security directly in the Linux kernel. By reducing sidecar overhead, enabling zero-instrumentation telemetry, and enhancing runtime protection, eBPF is ...
Alan Shimel | | Cilium eBPF, cloud native 2.0, eBPF, eBPF in DevOps, eBPF networking, eBPF performance monitoring, eBPF security, extended Berkeley Packet Filter, Falco eBPF, Istio Ambient Mesh eBPF, kernel-level programmability, Kubernetes eBPF, Linux kernel observability, Pixie observability, service mesh without sidecars, Tetragon runtime security, zero-instrumentation observability
ARMO Adds Security Platform Based on Kubescape and eBPF to Portfolio
ARMO today launched a cloud application detection and response platform for securing Kubernetes environments that reduces false positives by identifying issues that can be traced back to anomalous changes in application behavior ...
Cisco Acquires Isovalent to Advance Cloud-Native Networking Based on eBPF
Cisco plans to acquire Isovalent to leverage eBPF to process packets at levels of speed and scale that would not otherwise be possible ...
Architecting Observability in a Cloud-Native World With eBPF
eBPF is part of a silent revolution in cloud-native observability, helping developers, IT teams and SREs gain greater visibility ...
Not Your Grandpa’s Packet Filter: eBPF in Cloud-Native Networking
eBPF is a versatile technology that has emerged as a transformative technology for the cloud-native ecosystem ...
ARMO Employs eBPF to Identify Severe Kubernetes Vulnerabilities
ARMO today announced it has added a capability to its Kubernetes security platform that makes it simpler to prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities based on their relevancy. Ben Hirschberg, ARMO CTO, says this ...
Simplifying Container Networking With eBPF
As adoption of Kubernetes increases, organizations are now finding themselves deploying network overlays to integrate fleets of Kubernetes clusters. There are already a lot of choices for achieving that goal, but with ...
Solo.io BumbleBee Expands Access to eBPF Technologies
Solo.io has launched an open source BumbleBee project that makes it simpler for developers to take advantage of extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) technologies that run within the kernel of an operating ...
When (And When Not) to Use eBPF
Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) is a relatively new feature for Linux kernels that has many DevOps professionals, SREs and engineers excited. But is it a one-stop shop for all of your ...

