Protect your business with advanced Kubernetes security by adesso and Wazuh

Kubernetes has become the backbone of modern cloud infrastructures – but with its power comes complexity and risk. As companies adopt containerized workloads, ensuring visibility and protection across dynamic environments becomes crucial.

adesso’s recent contribution to the Wazuh blog highlights innovative strategies for deploying Wazuh agents in Kubernetes environments.

No matter the environment (on-premises, cloud, or hybrid), our solutions help businesses lower operational costs by detecting security incidents early and avoiding expensive damages.

Kubernetes offers flexibility, scalability, and automation – the pillars of modern DevOps. But these same features create new attack surfaces. Containers are ephemeral, workloads are distributed, and traditional perimeter-based security is no longer enough.

Companies face challenges such as:

• Detecting threats in short-lived pods
• Monitoring compliance across microservices
• Correlating security events across hybrid environments

At adesso, we help organizations transform these challenges into strengths through intelligent observability and proactive defense.

In collaboration with our partner Wazuh, we have recently published an article on Wazuh agent deployment strategies for a Kubernetes environment.

The publication explores multiple ways to deploy and scale Wazuh agents within Kubernetes clusters – including sidecar containers and included deployment – and evaluates each model’s operational and security implications.

This technical insight not only reflects our expertise but also our commitment to strengthening the open-source security ecosystem. By sharing real-world deployment experiences, adesso supports the global Wazuh community in building more secure and observable infrastructures.

Through Wazuh’s open-source platform and adesso’s integration expertise, we enable full-stack security visibility for our clients’ Kubernetes environments. Our solutions provide:

• Real-time threat detection – Continuous monitoring of containerized workloads for anomalies, privilege escalations, or lateral movements. This allows instant reaction times when paired with incident response automation, guaranteeing business continuity.
• Centralized log analysis – Correlation of events across nodes, namespaces, and clusters for unified visibility. This increases overall team efficiency by eliminating the need to consult multiple dashboards, leading to faster investigations and decisions.
• Compliance monitoring – Automated checks against CIS benchmarks and organizational policies. This generates fully automated reports that help correct the company’s cybersecurity posture and assist CISOs and GRC teams in proving compliance during audits.
• Incident response automation – Triggering alerts and mitigation workflows to contain threats before escalation. This enables faster-than-human reaction times to security incidents, resulting in instant risk mitigation and threat removal.

By combining Kubernetes-native observability with Wazuh’s SIEM and XDR capabilities, adesso helps clients close the gap between cloud agility and enterprise security.

This strategy reduces costs by freeing up valuable employee time, enabling early intervention both preventively and during incidents, and providing a unified view of the entire environment.

Every Kubernetes environment is unique – from on-premises clusters to multi-cloud architectures. That’s why deployment flexibility is key.

In our joint publication, we explore two main strategies:

• Sidecar deployment: In this model, the Wazuh agent and the monitored application run as separate containers within the same Kubernetes pod. They share a volume (storage space) to allow the agent to access application logs or runtime data for security monitoring.
• Included deployment: In this model, the Wazuh agent and the application are bundled into a single container image. This approach prioritizes simplicity and ease of deployment but breaks the principle of container separation.

Each approach offers trade-offs in scalability, management, and security coverage. adesso supports clients in designing the right mix to align with their operational and compliance requirements.

Cyberattacks against containerized environments are becoming increasingly sophisticated – from exploiting misconfigurations to injecting malicious images or abusing exposed APIs.

With adesso and Wazuh, organizations gain a proactive defense framework built on four principles:

• Detection – Identifying anomalies through behavioral analytics and rule-based monitoring.
• Prevention – Enforcing least privilege and configuration baselines.
• Response – Automating incident handling to minimize downtime.
• Resilience – Continuously improving defenses through feedback and learning.

This holistic approach ensures that Kubernetes environments remain secure, compliant, and resilient against evolving threats.

The result is business continuity, avoiding financial losses and reputational damage caused by cybersecurity incidents. This also prevents trust erosion among customers, ensuring long-term stability and growth.

For adesso, monitoring is not just about collecting logs – it’s about building trust. Our mission is to empower clients to operate confidently in complex, hybrid, and containerized infrastructures.

By combining our consulting expertise with open-source technologies like Wazuh, we deliver security solutions that are transparent, scalable, and future-ready.

Our collaboration with Wazuh showcases adesso’s commitment to driving innovation and transparency in cloud security.

By integrating open-source solutions with enterprise-grade practices, we help our clients safeguard their Kubernetes environments from day one.

This solution streamlines operations with automation, leading to considerable efficiency and cost savings for the entire security team. It also significantly reduces response action time (RAT), average handling time (AHT), and recovery time objective (RTO) to seconds instead of hours.

The system assists CISOs and GRC teams with compliance, especially during audits, by providing automated infrastructure reports. Additionally, it offers insights into IT/OT infrastructure and key business KPIs with minimal integration effort.

Read the full article on the Wazuh blog and discover how adesso can strengthen your container security posture.

Let’s secure your Kubernetes journey together.