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Learn Kubernetes Security

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839216503
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pranjal Jumde Pranjal Jumde
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Kaizhe Huang Kaizhe Huang
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

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 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this long chapter, we covered Kubernetes auditing, high availability for a Kubernetes cluster, managing secrets with Vault, detecting anomalous activities with Falco, and conducting forensics with CRIU and Sysdig. Though you may find it will take quite some time to get familiar with all the practices and tools, defense in depth is a huge topic and it is worth digging deeper into security so that you may build up a stronger fence for your Kubernetes cluster.

Most of the tools we talked about are easy to install and deploy. I would encourage you to try them out: add your own Kubernetes audit rules, use Vault to manage secrets in Kubernetes clusters, build your own Falco rules to detect anomalous behavior because you know your cluster better than anyone else, and use Sysdig to collect all the forensics data. Once you get familiar with all of these tools, you should feel confident that your Kubernetes cluster is a bit more under control.

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