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vArmor

About vArmor

vArmor is a Kubernetes-native tool that hardens workloads by manipulating a CRD API. It provides multiple enforcers that can be used individually or combined to control file access, process execution, network egress, and syscalls. It includes a network proxy that intercepts container egress traffic via an Envoy sidecar. The tool includes defense-in-depth features for AI Agents. It consists of a Manager and an Agent component. The project is open source under the Apache 2.0 license.

Products

  • VarmorPolicy / VarmorClusterPolicy: Policy objects used to harden specific workloads and select which enforcers and rules to use.
  • ArmorProfile: A custom resource that acts as an internal interface used for profile management.

Used for

  • Controlling file access, process execution, network egress, and syscalls
  • Intercepting container egress traffic for L4/L7 access control
  • Protecting AI Agents from prompt injection-induced tool abuse, key leakage, and data exfiltration
  • Developing allowlist profiles through behavior modeling
  • Applying built-in rules without needing security profile expertise

From vArmor's own website, read 2026-10-24. How we build listings.

How to evaluate Cloud Security & CSPM

This is how the CIOPages Research Team evaluates this category. It is not an assessment of vArmor. It comes from our Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) buyer guide.

25%
Risk Prioritization & Attack-Path Analysis
Context graph that correlates misconfiguration, internet reachability, identity/permissions, vulnerabilities, secrets, and data sensitivity into ranked attack paths to crown-jewel assets; toxic-combination detection; quality of the “fix these 10” output versus raw finding volume; false-positive rate in your own accounts
20%
Coverage Model: Agentless Breadth vs. Runtime Depth
Agentless snapshot/API scanning for fast 100%-estate visibility versus agent/eBPF runtime for in-production threat detection (CDR); container, serverless, and Kubernetes (KSPM) coverage; how the two models combine without double-counting; performance impact and deployment friction
20%
Multi-Cloud & Platform Consolidation (CNAPP)
Depth and parity across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and Kubernetes from one console; how many of CSPM, CIEM, CWPP, DSPM, KSPM, and code/IaC security are genuinely unified on one data model versus bolted-on acquisitions; single policy and one risk score across domains
15%
Identity & Entitlements (CIEM)
Effective-permission analysis across human and machine identities, cross-account and federated role mapping, detection of unused and over-privileged entitlements, least-privilege right-sizing recommendations, and privilege escalation / lateral-movement path discovery
10%
Remediation, Automation & Developer Workflow
Guided and auto-remediation, IaC and pull-request fixes (shift-left to code), guardrails that prevent drift, ticketing/SOAR integration, ownership routing to the right team, and API/Terraform coverage for security-as-code
10%
Compliance, Reporting & SOC Integration
Out-of-the-box frameworks (CIS, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, NIST) with custom policy authoring, audit-ready evidence and drift history, RBAC/SSO on the console, and clean export of correlated cloud risk into the SIEM/SOC rather than a siloed dashboard

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Quick Facts

varmor.org
CategoryCybersecurity
SubcategoryCloud Security & CSPM

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