You're reading from Learn Kubernetes Security Securely orchestrate, scale, and manage your microservices in Kubernetes deployments

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839216503

Length 330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

Cloud Security

Authors (2):

Pranjal Jumde

Kaizhe Huang

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Kubernetes

2. Chapter 1: Kubernetes Architecture FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Kubernetes Networking

4. Chapter 3: Threat Modeling

5. Chapter 4: Applying the Principle of Least Privilege in Kubernetes

6. Chapter 5: Configuring Kubernetes Security Boundaries

7. Section 2: Securing Kubernetes Deployments and Clusters

8. Chapter 6: Securing Cluster Components

9. Chapter 7: Authentication, Authorization, and Admission Control

10. Chapter 8: Securing Kubernetes Pods

11. Chapter 9: Image Scanning in DevOps Pipelines

12. Chapter 10: Real-Time Monitoring and Resource Management of a Kubernetes Cluster

13. Chapter 11: Defense in Depth

14. Section 3: Learning from Mistakes and Pitfalls

15. Chapter 12: Analyzing and Detecting Crypto-Mining Attacks

16. Chapter 13: Learning from Kubernetes CVEs

17. Assessments

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Defending against attacks

In the previous section, we talk about a few ways of detecting crypto-mining activities. In this section, we will talk about defending against attacks in general by securing Kubernetes clusters. So, this involves more than just defending against a particular attack, but defending against all kinds of attacks. The four major defense areas are Kubernetes cluster provisioning, build, deployment, and runtime. First, let's talk about securing Kubernetes cluster provisioning.

Securing Kubernetes cluster provisioning

There are multiple ways to provision Kubernetes clusters such as kops and kubeadm. No matter which tool you use to provision a cluster, each Kubernetes component needs to be configured securely. Use kube-bench to benchmark your Kubernetes cluster and improve the security configurations. Make sure that RBAC is enabled, the --anonymous-auth flag is disabled, network connections are encrypted, and so on. The following are the key areas we covered...