Course Overview

Want to learn about Kubernetes security or need to clear the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam? You are on the right page. A Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) is an accomplished Kubernetes practitioner (must be CKA certified) who has demonstrated competence on a broad range of best practices for securing container-based applications and Kubernetes platforms during build, deployment and runtime.

This course is focused on security. It deals with nearly all aspects of security within the context of a Kubernetes environment. That means securing not only the Kubernetes cluster itself but also the applications running within the cluster. you’ll learn how to secure many different components of Kubernetes applications and environments. In this course, you will learn how to set up clusters, then you will get to know about cluster hardening. Further, in this course, you will discover system hardening. Following this, you will learn how to reduce microservice vulnerabilities. Later, you will gain knowledge on supply chain security. Finally, you will explore monitoring, logging, and runtime security.

By the end of this course, you will be well-prepared to take the CKS exam.

What You Will Learn

  • Explore Kubernetes security concepts.
  • Deep dive technical insight into Kubernetes.
  • Learn how to create Kubernetes cluster.
  • Find out how to use CIS Benchmark to review the security configuration of Kubernetes components.
  • Complete CKS preparation.

Program Curriculum

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  • Create Kubernetes Cluster and Look at Some ERRORS !!
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Introduction NetworkPolicy
  • Create Default Deny NetworkPolicy
  • Create Egress and Ingress Rules
  • Create Another NetworkPolicy for Different Name Space
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Install Kubernetes Dashboard
  • Insecure Access from Outside
  • RBAC for Kubernetes Dashboard
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Create an Ingress
  • Secure an Ingress
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Accessing Node Metadata
  • Protect Node Metadata via NetworkPolicy
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • kube-bench
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Download and Verify Kubernetes Release
  • Verify apiserver Binary Running in Our Cluster
  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • RBAC - Role and Rolebinding
  • Role and Rolebinding for a User
  • ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding
  • Accounts and Users
  • Certificate Signing Requests
  • Chapter 9 Quiz

  • Introduction
  • Pod Uses Custom ServiceAccount
  • Disable ServiceAccount Mounting
  • Limit ServiceAccounts Permissions Using RBAC to Edit Resources
  • Chapter 10 Quiz

  • Enable/Disable Anonymous Access
  • Let's Perform a Manual API Request
  • External Apiserver Access
  • NodeRestriction AdmissionController
  • Chapter 11 Quiz

  • Verify NodeRestriction
  • Introduction
  • Create a Cluster with Old Version
  • Upgrade Master and Worker Node
  • Chapter 12 Quiz

  • Create Secret
  • Hack Secrets in Docker
  • Hack Secrets in ETCD
  • ETCD Encryption
  • ETCD Encryption - 2
  • Chapter 13 Quiz

  • Calling Linux Kernel from Inside Container
  • Open Container Initiative OCI
  • Crictl
  • Create and Use RuntimeClasses
  • Chapter 14 Quiz

  • Set Container User and Group (Security Context)
  • Force Container Non-Root
  • Privileged Containers
  • PrivilegeEscalation
  • Chapter 15 Quiz

  • Introduction
  • Create Sidecar Proxy
  • Chapter 16 Quiz

  • Introduction OPA
  • Install OPA Gatekeeper
  • Deny All Policy
  • Enforce Namespace Labels
  • Chapter 17 Quiz

  • Reduce Image Footprint with Multi-Stage
  • Secure and Harden Images
  • Chapter 18 Quiz

  • Kubesec
  • Use kubesec to Perform Static Analysis by Using Docker Image
  • OPA Conftest
  • OPA Conftest for Dockerfile
  • Chapter 19 Quiz

  • Use Trivy to Scan Images
  • Chapter 20 Quiz

  • Image Digest
  • Whitelist Registries with OPA
  • Chapter 21 Quiz

  • Strace
  • Strace and /proc on ETCD
  • Access /proc and env Variables from Inside Pod
  • FALCO
  • Use Falco to Find Malicious Processes
  • Investigate Falco Rules
  • Change Falco Rule
  • Chapter 22 Quiz

  • Introduction
  • StartupProbe
  • SecurityContext Renders Container Immutable
  • Chapter 23 Quiz

  • Introduction
  • Audit Policy
  • Enable Audit Logging in Apiserver
  • Create Secret and Check Audit Logs
  • Chapter 24 Quiz

  • AppArmor
  • AppArmor for curl
  • AppArmor for Docker Nginx
  • Seccomp
  • Seccomp for Docker Nginx
  • Seccomp for Kubernetes Nginx
  • Chapter 25 Quiz

Congratulations for Mastering Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

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Instructor

Himanshu Sharma

Himanshu Sharma is a Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native infrastructure expert. He has more than 12 years of IT experience in a variety of industries, including medical devices, entertainment, enterprise software, and cloud computing. He is passionate about learning new technology and he believes the best way to learn is to learn by doing it practically.

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