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Learning Kubernetes Security

You're reading from   Learning Kubernetes Security A practical guide for secure and scalable containerized environments

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Published in Jun 2025
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835886380
Length 390 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Raul Lapaz is a Cloud and Kubernetes security engineer at Roche with 25+ years in IT. He designs and deploys secure cloud/container environments for healthcare products on AWS. He has worked across Engineering, Ops, IR, and Pentesting, with a passion for testing Kubernetes clusters. He holds certs like CKS, CKA, GCIH, GCFA, GPEN, AWS Security, CEH, RHCE, and more. Raul also writes for top tech magazines like Audit & Security in his free time.
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Preface 1. Kubernetes Architecture FREE CHAPTER 2. Kubernetes Networking 3. Threat Modeling 4. Applying the Principle of Least Privilege in Kubernetes 5. Configuring Kubernetes Security Boundaries 6. Securing Cluster Components 7. Authentication, Authorization, and Admission Control 8. Securing Pods 9. Shift Left (Scanning, SBOM, and CI/CD) 10. Real-Time Monitoring and Observability 11. Security Monitoring and Log Analysis 12. Defense in Depth 13. Kubernetes Vulnerabilities and Container Escapes 14. Third-Party Plugins for Securing Kubernetes 15. Other Books You May Enjoy 16. Index Appendix: Enhancements in Kubernetes 1.30–1.33

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ABAC mode 146, 147

access control list (ACL) 72

Active Directory (AD) 74

admission controllers 65, 150, 151

AlwaysPullImages controller 152

EventRateLimit controller 152

LimitRange controller 153

mutating 150

MutatingAdmissionWebhook controller 154

NodeRestriction controller 154

PersistentVolumeClaimResize controller 154

ServiceAccount controller 154

validating 150

ValidatingAdmissionWebhook controller 154

admission webhook policy 335

advanced persistent threats (APTs) 286

AI-powered attacks

on Kubernetes clusters 286

Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes 6

AllowPrivilegeEscalation 80

AlwaysAllow mode 145

AlwaysDeny mode 146

AlwaysPullImages controller 152

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) 19

Amazon Web Services (AWS) 19

API server 8

API server logs 232

AppArmor 80

promoting, to GA 336-338

AppArmor profile 173, 174

application logs 233

application performance...

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Raul Lapaz is a Cloud and Kubernetes security engineer at Roche with 25+ years in IT. He designs and deploys secure cloud/container environments for healthcare products on AWS. He has worked across Engineering, Ops, IR, and Pentesting, with a passion for testing Kubernetes clusters. He holds certs like CKS, CKA, GCIH, GCFA, GPEN, AWS Security, CEH, RHCE, and more. Raul also writes for top tech magazines like Audit & Security in his free time.
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