Security & DevSecOps
Practical
By Samson Tanimawo, PhD
Published Aug 7, 2025
4 min read
Prometheus Security Alerts
Security signals as Prometheus alerts.
Auth failures
Spike: brute force or token leak.
Alert; investigate.
Privilege escalation
Unexpected role changes. CloudTrail or audit log.
Suspicious.
Anomalous egress
Sudden traffic to new external IPs.
Possible exfiltration.