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From the doc: >It includes hardening strategies to avoid common misconfigurations and guide system administrators and developers of National Security Systems o

• zeckalpha 5y ago
  Also: > Purpose > NSA and CISA developed this document in furtherance of their respective cybersecurity missions, including their responsibilities to develop and issue cybersecurity specifications and mitigations. This information may be shared broadly to reach all appropriate stakeholders. NSA has multiple mandates and many stakeholders.
  • westurner 5y ago
    Looks like there's actually a "summary of the key recommendations from each section" on page 2. > Works cited: > [1] Center for Internet Security, "Kubernetes," 2021. [Online]. Available: https://cisecurity.org/resources/?type=benchmark&search=kubernetes https://cisecurity.org/resources/?type=benchmark&search=kube... . > [2] DISA, "Kubernetes STIG," 2021. [Online]. Available: https://dl.dod.cyber.mil.wp- https://dl.dod.cyber.mil.wp- content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Kubernetes_V1R1_STIG.zip. [Accessed 8 July 2021] > [3] The Linux Foundation, "Kubernetes Documentation," 2021. [Online]. Available: https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/ . [Accessed 8 July 2021]. > [4] The Linux Foundation, "11 Ways (Not) to Get Hacked," 18 07 2018. [Online]. Available: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2018/07/18/11-ways-not-to-get-hacked/#10-scan-images-and-run-ids https://kubernetes.io/blog/2018/07/18/11-ways-not-to-get-hac... . [Accessed 8 July 2021]. > [5] MITRE, "Unsecured Credentials: Cloud Instance Metadata API." MITRE ATT&CK, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/005/ https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/005/. [Accessed 8 July 2021]. > [6] CISA, "Analysis Report (AR21-013A): Strengthening Security Configurations to Defend Against Attackers Targeting Cloud Services." Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 14 January 2021. [Online]. Available:https://us- https://us- cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar21-013a [Accessed 8 July 2021]. How can k8s and zero-trust cooccur? > CISA encourages administrators and organizations review NSA’s guidance on Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model to help secure sensitive data, systems, and services. "Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model" (2021, as well) https://media.defense.gov/2021/Feb/25/2002588479/-1/-1/0/CSI_EMBRACING_ZT_SECURITY_MODEL_UOO115131-21.PDF https://media.defense.gov/2021/Feb/25/2002588479/-1/-1/0/CSI... In addition to "zero [trust]", I also looked for the term "SBOM". From p.32//39: > As updates are deployed, administrators should also keep up with removing any old components that are no longer needed from the environment. Using a managed Kubernetes service can help to automate upgrades and patches for Kubernetes, operating systems, and networking protocols. *However, administrators must still patch and upgrade their containerized applications.* "Existing artifact vuln scanners, databases, and specs?" https://github.com/google/osv/issues/55 https://github.com/google/osv/issues/55