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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Kubernetes Security Best Practices

Rico Komenda

Nine out of ten organizations suffer a Kubernetes security incident annually. Master the foundational defenses needed to lock down your clusters from individual containers to network traffic.

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#1 about 5 min

Assessing common Kubernetes security incidents and misconfigurations

Identifying common security incidents and persistent misconfigurations within modern platform architectures.

#2 about 2 min

Understanding the four Cs of cloud native security

Securing the entire infrastructure stack across cloud, cluster, container, and code layers.

#3 about 3 min

Securing container images in the build process

Preventing malicious breakouts by scanning artifacts and removing unnecessary dependencies during builds.

#4 about 4 min

Enforcing non-root execution and pod security standards

Restricting container privileges using dedicated user accounts and robust pod security admission profiles.

#5 about 3 min

Restricting cluster rights with role-based access controls

Mitigating unauthorized cluster actions by applying the principle of least privilege to service accounts.

#6 about 3 min

Isolating pod communication with strict network policies

Limiting internal pod traffic using explicit container network interface rules and service meshes.

#7 about 2 min

Protecting the ETCD cluster data store

Securing the critical cluster backing store against unauthorized access using dedicated TLS certificates.

#8 about 4 min

Automating security policies and admission controller takeaways

Enforcing declarative rules through admission controllers to sustainably harden overall infrastructure.

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Implementing standard Kubernetes cluster security practices

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Introduction to Kubernetes security challenges and opportunities

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Securing Kubernetes workloads and containerized image layers

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11:32 min

Audience questions on security, limitations, and Kubernetes crossover

Maurice Brinkmann · LIVE

3:43 min

Introduction to Kubernetes security context configurations

Dimitrij Klesev +1 · LIVE

2:28 min

Understanding Kubernetes architecture and core cluster components

Marc Nimmerrichter · WWC 2022

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