{"id":1690,"date":"2025-03-16T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pagecloud.cloud\/?post_type=courses&#038;p=1690"},"modified":"2025-03-16T13:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:32:55","slug":"certifed-kubernetes-security-specialist","status":"publish","type":"courses","link":"https:\/\/www.pagecloud.cloud\/?courses=certifed-kubernetes-security-specialist","title":{"rendered":"Certifed Kubernetes Security Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding and Practice of the Kubernetes Orchestration platfrom administration and <br \/>application deployment on kubernetes is the main objective of this program.<\/p>\n<p>Kubernetes is a portable, extensible, open source platform for managing containerized<br \/>workloads and services, that facilitates both declarative configuration and automation.<br \/>It has a large, rapidly growing ecosystem. Kubernetes services, support, and tools are<br \/>widely available.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Course Hours : Total course hours is 40 for Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Class : Total number of class is 15+ for Certified Kubernetes Administrator Program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lab Simulation : Total number of lab is 30 for Certified Kubernetes Administrator <\/span>Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Introduction to Kubernetes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kubernetes is a portable, extensible, open source platform for managing containerized workloads and services, that facilitates both declarative configuration and automation.It has a large, rapidly growing ecosystem. Kubernetes services, support, and tools are widely available.<\/p>\n<p>The name Kubernetes originates from Greek, meaning helmsman or pilot. K8s as an abbreviation results from counting the eight letters between the &#8220;K&#8221; and the &#8220;s&#8221;.<br \/>Google open-sourced the Kubernetes project in 2014. Kubernetes combines over 15 years of Google&#8217;s experience running production workloads at scale with best-of breed ideas and practices from the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CKS CNCF Curriculum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>10% &#8211; Cluster Setup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use Network Security Policies to Restrict Cluster Level Access.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use CIS Benchmark to Review the Security Configuration of Kubernetes Components (etcd, kubelet, kubedns, kubeapi).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Properly set up Ingress Objects with Security Control.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Protect Node Metadata and Endpoints. Minimize use of, and Access to, GUI Elements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Verify Platform Binaries Before Deploying.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>15% &#8211; Cluster Hardening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Restrict Access to Kubernetes API.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use Role Based Access Controls to Minimize Exposure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exercise caution in using service accounts e.g. disable defaults, minimize permissions on newly created ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Update Kubernetes Frequently.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>15% &#8211; System Hardening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minimize host OS footprint (reduce attack surface).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minimize IAM roles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minimize external access to the network.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Appropriately use kernel hardening tools such as AppArmor, seccomp.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>20% &#8211; Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Setup appropriate OS level security domains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manage kubernetes secrets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use container runtime sandboxes in multi-tenant environments (e.g. gvisor, kata containers).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Implement pod to pod encryption by use of mTLS.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong> 20% &#8211; Supply Chain Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minimize base image footprint.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secure your supply chain: whitelist allowed image registries, sign and validate images.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use static analysis of user workloads (e.g. kubernetes resources, docker files).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scan images for known vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>20% &#8211; Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perform behavioral analytics of syscall process and file activities at the host and container level to detect malicious activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detect threats within physical infrastructure, apps, networks, data, users and workloads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detect all phases of attack regardless where it occurs and how it spreads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perform deep analytical investigation and identification of bad actors within environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensure immutability of containers at runtime. Use Audit Logs to monitor access.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>CKS Pre-requisite<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification? 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