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Introduction

Overview of Kubernetes API and Security Features

  • Accessing HTTPS endpoints, Kubernetes API, nodes, and containers
  • Kubernetes authentication and authorization features

Understanding Cluster Attack Vectors

  • How attackers locate your etcd port, Kubernetes API, and other services
  • How attackers execute code within your containers
  • How attackers escalate their privileges
  • Case study: The Tesla Kubernetes cluster exposure

Setting Up Kubernetes

  • Selecting a distribution
  • Installing Kubernetes

Working with Credentials and Secrets

  • The lifecycle of credentials
  • Understanding secrets
  • Distributing credentials

Managing Access to the Kubernetes API

  • Encrypting API traffic using TLS
  • Implementing authentication for API servers
  • Implementing authorization for various roles

Managing User and Workload Capabilities

  • Understanding Kubernetes policies
  • Limiting resource consumption
  • Restricting container privileges
  • Limiting network access

Controlling Node Access

  • Separating workload access

Protecting Cluster Components

  • Restricting access to etcd
  • Disabling unnecessary features
  • Modifying, removing, and revoking credentials and tokens

Securing Container Images

  • Managing Docker and Kubernetes images
  • Building secure images

Managing Access to Cloud Resources

  • Understanding cloud platform metadata
  • Restricting permissions for cloud resources

Evaluating Third-Party Integrations

  • Minimizing permissions granted to third-party software
  • Evaluating components that can create pods

Establishing a Security Policy

  • Reviewing the existing security profile
  • Creating a security model
  • Cloud-native security considerations
  • Additional best practices

Encrypting Data at Rest

  • Encrypting backups
  • Encrypting the entire disk
  • Encrypting secret resources in etcd

Monitoring Activity

  • Enabling audit logging
  • Auditing and governing the software supply chain
  • Subscribing to security alerts and updates

Summary and Conclusion

Requirements

  • Previous experience working with Kubernetes

Audience

  • DevOps engineers
  • Developers
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