Top 6 Kubernetes Security Tools

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/TutorialBoy

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  • kubeaudit

    kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls

  • Here's a link to KubeAudit on Github

  • polaris

    Validation of best practices in your Kubernetes clusters (by FairwindsOps)

  • Here's a link to Polaris on Github

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  • gatekeeper

    🐊 Gatekeeper - Policy Controller for Kubernetes

  • Here's a link to Gatekeeper on Github

  • audit2rbac

    Autogenerate RBAC policies based on Kubernetes audit logs

  • Here's a link to Audit2RBAC on Github

  • kube-hunter

    Hunt for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters

  • Here's a link to Kube-Hunter on Github

  • kube-bench

    Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

  • Kube-bench, written as a Go application, is deployable as a container. Ready-made job.yaml files make it easy to run Kube-bench inside a Kubernetes cluster or on a managed Kubernetes service, such as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), or OpenShift. Here's a link to Kube-Bench on Github

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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