Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of the Kubernetes API and Security Features
- Access to HTTPS endpoints, Kubernetes API, nodes, and containers
- Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization features
Understanding Cluster Attack Vectors
- How adversaries locate your etcd port, Kubernetes API, and other services
- Methods used to execute code inside your containers
- Techniques for privilege escalation
- Case Study: How Tesla inadvertently exposed its Kubernetes cluster
Establishing a Secure Kubernetes Environment
- Choosing the right distribution
- Installing Kubernetes
Managing Credentials and Secrets
- The lifecycle of credentials
- Understanding secrets
- Distributing credentials securely
Regulating Access to the Kubernetes API
- Encrypting API traffic using TLS
- Implementing authentication for API servers
- Implementing role-based authorization
Controlling User and Workload Capabilities
- Understanding Kubernetes policies
- Limiting resource consumption
- Restricting container privileges
- Controlling network access
Securing Node Access
- Segregating workload access
Protecting Cluster Components
- Restricting access to etcd
- Disabling unnecessary features
- Updating, removing, and revoking credentials and tokens
Hardening Container Images
- Managing Docker and Kubernetes images
- Constructing secure images
Regulating Access to Cloud Resources
- Understanding cloud platform metadata
- Restricting permissions to cloud resources
Evaluating Third-Party Integrations
- Minimising permissions granted to third-party software
- Assessing components capable of creating pods
Establishing a Security Policy
- Reviewing the existing security profile
- Creating a security model
- Considerations for cloud-native security
- 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
- prior experience working with Kubernetes
Target Audience
- DevOps Engineers
- Software Developers
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