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CIS Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) v1.4.0 L2

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Audit Details

Name: CIS Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) v1.4.0 L2

Updated: 6/17/2024

Authority: CIS

Plugin: GCP

Revision: 1.2

Estimated Item Count: 21

File Details

Filename: CIS_Google_Kubernetes_Engine_GKE_v1.4.0_L2.audit

Size: 46.4 kB

MD5: 8e1c42701e27c72d28fe7a86a74c1197
SHA256: 62271eb8d8d6447f7e7c3b2f68289a263aa1c5e6c6caa4d50eb852f00c775cc8

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
4.2.6 Minimize the admission of root containers
4.2.8 Minimize the admission of containers with capabilities assigned
4.3.2 Ensure that all Namespaces have Network Policies defined
4.4.1 Prefer using secrets as files over secrets as environment variables
4.4.2 Consider external secret storage
4.5.1 Configure Image Provenance using ImagePolicyWebhook admission controller
4.6.2 Ensure that the seccomp profile is set to docker/default in your pod definitions
4.6.3 Apply Security Context to Your Pods and Containers
4.6.4 The default namespace should not be used
5.1.4 Minimize Container Registries to only those approved
5.4.2 Ensure the GKE Metadata Server is Enabled
5.5.1 Ensure Container-Optimized OS (cos_containerd) is used for GKE node images
5.5.7 Ensure Secure Boot for Shielded GKE Nodes is Enabled
5.6.1 Enable VPC Flow Logs and Intranode Visibility
5.6.4 Ensure clusters are created with Private Endpoint Enabled and Public Access Disabled
5.6.6 Consider firewalling GKE worker nodes
5.6.8 Ensure use of Google-managed SSL Certificates
5.7.2 Enable Linux auditd logging
5.8.3 Manage Kubernetes RBAC users with Google Groups for GKE
5.10.4 Consider GKE Sandbox for running untrusted workloads
5.10.5 Ensure use of Binary Authorization