NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) has announced an expansion of its continuous end-through-end monitoring capabilities within its Omnis® KlearSight Sensor for Kubernetes, aimed at enhancing attribution for audit controls, proving zero-trust network policies, and accelerating incident detection, containment, and documentation in cloud environments. The enhanced monitoring is specifically designed to address complex compliance demands in cloud environments, encompassing both security and regulatory requirements.
With 93% of companies reportedly evaluating, piloting, or using Kubernetes in production, organizations frequently face significant challenges in achieving monitoring at scale for observability and security purposes. NETSCOUT’s continuous and comprehensive monitoring solutions provide real-time visibility into critical aspects such as workloads, cluster configurations, network traffic, and API calls. This functionality supports the gathering of compliance evidence, helping to keep it consistently up to date and enabling enterprises to meet regulatory standards while maintaining robust security postures.
John Grady, principal analyst at Omdia, noted that when enterprises deploy Kubernetes for microservice application delivery, container dynamism can create compliance gaps that hinder the ability to meet requirements for monitoring, auditability, and incident response. He emphasized the necessity for enterprises to capture packet- and process-level activity for compliance reporting and investigations across their entire IT environment to manage risk, security, and ensure accountability against compliance standards.
By providing visibility into cloud-native environments like Kubernetes, these solutions aim to deliver the information necessary to demonstrate ongoing assurance that systems are secure, auditable, and resilient. This supports adherence to various regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements, including continuous monitoring and threat detection (e.g., DORA), incident response and forensics (e.g., ISO 27001/27002), data protection and privacy (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA), configuration and vulnerability management (e.g., NIST 800-53, NIST 800-190), and audit and accountability (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA).
Without clear visibility, enterprises risk missing critical activity within their Kubernetes environments, which can create blind spots and increase the risk of non-compliance with security and regulatory standards that mandate continuous monitoring. Given that containers often communicate with each other within a cluster—known as east-west traffic—organizations require network-level visibility, coupled with microservice- and container-aware telemetry, to detect anomalies, lateral movement, and policy violations in real-time. These capabilities also furnish detailed packet- and container-level evidence, which is essential for understanding the specifics of incidents.
Thor Wallace, Chief Information Officer at NETSCOUT, stated that continuous monitoring is more than a best practice; it serves as both a risk mitigator and a compliance enabler. He added that visibility into Kubernetes cloud environments is important for providing the insights needed to ensure service levels and customer expectations are met, while also supporting compliance efforts.
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance and availability disruptions. The company achieves this through its visibility platform and solutions, which are powered by its deep packet inspection at scale technology. NETSCOUT serves large enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations globally.
