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Product type Book

Published in Jul 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839216503

Pages 330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Cloud Security

Authors (2):

Kaizhe Huang

Pranjal Jumde

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Kubernetes

2. Chapter 1: Kubernetes Architecture

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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