| 1.1.1 Ensure that the API server pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.2 Ensure that the API server pod specification file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.3 Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.4 Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.5 Ensure that the scheduler pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.6 Ensure that the scheduler pod specification file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.7 Ensure that the etcd pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.8 Ensure that the etcd pod specification file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.9 Ensure that the Container Network Interface file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.10 Ensure that the Container Network Interface file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.11 Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.12 Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.13 Ensure that the admin.conf file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.14 Ensure that the admin.conf file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.15 Ensure that the scheduler.conf file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.16 Ensure that the scheduler.conf file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.17 Ensure that the controller-manager.conf file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.18 Ensure that the controller-manager.conf file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.19 Ensure that the Kubernetes PKI directory and file ownership is set to root:root | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.1.20 Ensure that the Kubernetes PKI certificate file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 1.1.21 Ensure that the Kubernetes PKI key file permissions are set to 600 | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.1 Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.2 Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE |
| 1.2.3 Ensure that the --kubelet-https argument is set to true | ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 1.2.4 Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate - certificate | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 1.2.4 Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate - key | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 1.2.5 Ensure that the --kubelet-certificate-authority argument is set as appropriate | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 1.2.6 Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.7 Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument includes Node | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.8 Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument includes RBAC | ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 1.2.9 Ensure that the admission control plugin EventRateLimit is set | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 1.2.10 Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysAdmit is not set | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.11 Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysPullImages is set | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.12 Ensure that the admission control plugin SecurityContextDeny is set if PodSecurityPolicy is not used | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 1.2.13 Ensure that the admission control plugin ServiceAccount is set | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.14 Ensure that the admission control plugin NamespaceLifecycle is set | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 1.2.15 Ensure that the admission control plugin PodSecurityPolicy is set | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 1.2.16 Ensure that the admission control plugin NodeRestriction is set | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 1.2.17 Ensure that the --insecure-bind-address argument is not set | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 1.2.18 Ensure that the --insecure-port argument is set to 0 | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 1.2.19 Ensure that the --secure-port argument is not set to 0 | ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 1.2.20 Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 1.2.21 Ensure that the --audit-log-path argument is set | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 1.2.22 Ensure that the --audit-log-maxage argument is set to 30 or as appropriate | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 1.2.23 Ensure that the --audit-log-maxbackup argument is set to 10 or as appropriate | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 1.2.24 Ensure that the --audit-log-maxsize argument is set to 100 or as appropriate | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 1.2.25 Ensure that the --request-timeout argument is set as appropriate | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 1.2.26 Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 1.2.27 Ensure that the --service-account-key-file argument is set as appropriate | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
| 1.2.28 Ensure that the --etcd-certfile and --etcd-keyfile arguments are set as appropriate - certfile | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
