DES 313 – Hardening a Kubernetes Cluster

Course Overview

This course provides learners with an understanding of how to secure a Kubernetes ecosystem in accordance with compliance standards. The content and recommendations in this course align with CIS, NIST, NSA-CISA, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA data and privacy requirements.

After completing this course, you will understand:

• Logging and auditing strategies for secure administration
• Implementing AAA controls to monitor user and group permissions
• Configuring system maintenance configurations to harden user access and file paths
• Leveraging HIPAA resources via NIST
• Filesystem configuration methodologies
• Services that should be disabled
• Network configurations to harden containers