Actionable Kubernetes Security Best Practices [Cheat Sheet]

Since we’ve already covered the essential Kubernetes security best practices in the CloudSec Academy, we’ve gone a step further and put together a cheat sheet
of some advanced steps you can take to safeguard your Kubernetes clusters.

In this 6 page cheat sheet we'll cover best practices in the following areas of Kubernetes:

• Components

  • End-to-end TLS communications for etcd

  • Securing kubelets

  • Securing the API server via third-party authentication

• Network security

  • Network policies

  • Monitoring traffic and communication

• Pods

  • Admission controllers and validating admission policies

  • Process whitelisting

Other security best practices cheat sheets you might be interested in:

• Container Security

• Google Cloud Security

• AWS Security

• Cloud Security