Description
Lock Down Your Kubernetes Clusters for Production
The Kubernetes Security Hardening Guide is an essential resource for any team running containers in production. Kubernetes’ flexibility makes it powerful but also introduces a broad attack surface if not properly secured. This guide provides the exact configurations, policies, and monitoring setups needed to harden your clusters against real-world threats while maintaining the developer productivity that makes Kubernetes valuable.
What’s Included
- Pod Security Standards implementation with restricted, baseline, and privileged profiles
- Network policy templates for namespace isolation, ingress control, and egress restrictions
- RBAC role and ClusterRole definitions for common personas: Developer, Operator, Security Auditor
- Secrets management architecture using External Secrets Operator with AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, and GCP Secret Manager
- Runtime security monitoring setup with Falco and policy-as-code with OPA/Gatekeeper
- Container image security pipeline: vulnerability scanning, signing, and admission control
- Audit logging configuration for API server with log analysis queries for threat detection
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark compliance checklist with automated scanning using kube-bench
Who This Is For
- Platform Engineers responsible for Kubernetes cluster security on EKS, AKS, or GKE
- DevSecOps teams embedding security controls into Kubernetes deployment workflows
- Security Engineers assessing and hardening container orchestration environments
- Compliance teams needing documented Kubernetes security controls for audits
Why Choose Citadel
This guide is written by architects who secure production Kubernetes clusters running thousands of pods across managed services from all three major cloud providers. Every configuration has been validated against real attack scenarios and the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark. You get actionable security controls, not theoretical guidance, that your team can implement immediately.
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