Cy5 Cloud-Native Vulnerability Management vs Kubescape

Cy5 Cloud-Native Vulnerability Management scans containers, serverless workloads, and cloud infrastructure for vulnerabilities through the ion platform. It provides visibility across AWS, Azure, and GCP and connects through read-only cloud roles or service accounts without agents or code changes. The service monitors AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity Logs, and GCP Audit Logs in real time, and describes continuous asset discovery and behavior-based scanning. It automatically generates software bills of materials and tracks dependencies. Vulnerabilities are scored using CVSS and environmental factors; Cy5 says ion narrows 8,000 CVEs to the 5% it identifies as exploitable in the environment. It can scan publicly hosted container images from Docker Hub and Amazon ECR, and supports GitHub Actions integration with policy-as-code validation before deployment. Reporting covers ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, with proactive support for remediation guidance and compliance reporting. Cy5 describes ion as built for Indian fintechs and telecoms. A free plan and free trial are listed, while pricing is on request. AI-powered remediation is described as coming soon.

Kubescape is an open-source platform for Kubernetes security across configuration, images, compliance, and activity in running clusters. It analyzes Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and live clusters for misconfigurations. Its operator scans deployed container images for vulnerabilities using Grype and public vulnerability databases, and monitors active clusters for suspicious behavior and threats. Kubescape supports CIS, NSA-CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, and SOC 2 frameworks. Its policy engine uses Open Policy Agent to evaluate Kubernetes objects against posture controls written in Rego; the operator runs as microservices that continuously monitor cluster posture. Integrations are available for GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, Lens, and Visual Studio Code. The CLI can download artifacts for local use, including in offline and air-gapped environments. Results can be exported as JSON or JUnit XML or rendered as HTML or PDF. The CLI and Kubernetes operator are self-hosted and free under Apache License 2.0. ARMO Platform is a compatible provider for uploading scan results and downloading custom artifacts; its price depends on vCPUs and other cloud resources.