# Hardening eBPF for runtime security: Lessons from Datadog Workload Protection

DevFeed: [Hardening eBPF for runtime security: Lessons from Datadog Workload Protection](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hardening-ebpf-for-runtime-security-lessons-from-datadog-workload-protection-83443.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/engineering/ebpf-workload-protection-lessons/>)

Author: Guillaume Fournier

Published: 2026-01-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog.md>)

Topics: [eBPF](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ebpf.md>), [Cilium](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cilium.md>)

Tags: [ebpf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ebpf.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [workload-protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workload-protection.md>)

## AI overview

The article shares six lessons from operating Datadog's eBPF-powered Workload Protection product in production. It covers kernel and distribution compatibility, syscall and event coverage, data and cache reliability, eBPF security risks, conflicts with other tools such as Cilium, performance costs, and safe testing and rollout practices.

## Source excerpt

Learn field-tested lessons for eBPF-powered workload protection.