OWASP Kubernetes Security Cheat Sheet
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- 11 sections
Official docs outline
cheatsheetseries.owasp.org- Securing Kubernetes Hosts
Host OS hardening and patching Kubernetes nodes.
- Securing Kubernetes Components
Dashboard, etcd, API server, RBAC and kubelet protection.
- Restricting Access to etcd
etcd authentication and encryption.
- RBAC in Kubernetes
Least-privilege roles and bindings.
- Build Phase Best Practices
Authorized images, CI scanning and minimal images.
- Deploy Phase Best Practices
Namespaces, image policy and security contexts.
- Security Context
Applying security contexts to pods and containers.
- Network Policies
Restricting pod-to-pod traffic.
- Runtime Phase Best Practices
Pod Security Admission, runtime monitoring and sandboxing.
- Managed Kubernetes
Security responsibilities on cloud-managed clusters.
- Supply Chain Security
Securing the container supply chain.
Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.
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