Learn how to integrate 1Password with External Secrets Operator to automate pulling secrets into a Kubernetes Secret, enabling secure secret management across different stages.

More: https://dev.to/3deep5me/using-1password-with-external-secrets-operator-in-a-gitops-way-4lo4

The article explores the evolution of pod privileges in EKS, covering the transition from Host Role to Proxy metadata servers, IRSA, and finally Pod Identity, highlighting the key features and improvements of each approach.

More: https://asrathore08.medium.com/journey-of-pods-privilege-in-eks-f04c780e2f1b

Confidential Containers is an open source community that works to enable cloud native confidential computing by leveraging Trusted Execution Environments to protect containers and data.

More: https://github.com/confidential-containers

Kubernetes Network Policies control pod communication.

This guide introduces Network Policies, including implementing and troubleshooting policies to enhance the security of your Kubernetes applications.

More: https://medium.com/@muppedaanvesh/a-hands-on-guide-to-kubernetes-network-policy-%EF%B8%8F-041bebe19a23

Tim Miller CEO and Co-founder at Kusari explains why minimal containers are just one piece of the supply chain security puzzle.

He discusses how container minimization must be complemented with supply chain tracking and provenance information. Tim highlights how the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) often removes complexity but also eliminates crucial tracking information needed for security incident response.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/-2Sqn9Jb9

This interview is a reaction to Harsha Koushik's episode https://ku.bz/n_sJ04xMY

This week on Learn Kubernetes Weekly 107:

💰 How I came to build a cheap server cluster for VDI
🐝 eBPF maps state synchronization across multi-node Kubernetes cluster
🕸️ Service Meshes decoded: is Istio Ambient worth it?
🗑️ How to uninstall Multus CNI without borking your Kubernetes cluster
📝 Kubernetes configuration in 2024

Read it now: https://learnk8s.io/issues/107

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Learn how to use Open Policy Agent (OPA) to write policies for Kubernetes clusters, including defining namespace policies, allocating resource quotas, and creating a custom validation webhook.

More: https://medium.com/permify-tech-blog/opa-gatekeeper-how-to-write-policies-for-kubernetes-clusters-bb660666eb19

This week's 6 best Kubernetes vacancies that focus on security are:

DevSecOps Engineer with xAI
💰 $180K to $440K a year
🏠 From the office in San Francisco / Palo Alto, CA, USA
→ https://kube.careers/t/c7cf5fcf-05bc-4e15-948b-f58c1c47fd9f?s=55

DevSecOps Engineer with Gemini
💰 $248K to $310K a year
👨‍💻 Remote from the United States
→ https://kube.careers/t/03598248-6bcb-4117-85b1-ecba6edb3070?s=55

DevSecOps Engineer with Uniswap Labs
💰 $264K to $294K a year
🏠 From the office in New York, NY, USA
→ https://kube.careers/t/3d7c0bd7-abd8-4526-a376-458f65018709?s=55

Security Architect with Adobe Inc.
💰 $191.7K to $345.7K a year
🏠 From the office in Seattle, WA / San Francisco / San Jose, CA, USA
→ https://kube.careers/t/b6de3faf-adb8-462a-9dd9-260446149b27?s=55

👉 Browse all 1359 Kubernetes jobs on Kube Careers https://kube.careers

This article discusses a security vulnerability in Kubernetes' deprecated gitRepo volume driver, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a worker node as root, and provides information on how to prevent it.

More: https://irsl.medium.com/sneaky-write-hook-git-clone-to-root-on-k8s-node-e38236205d54

Yakir Kadkoda and Assaf Morag from Aqua Security explore the critical issue of exposed Kubernetes secrets and the potential supply chain attack threats they pose.

They explain that Kubernetes is not an isolated system and often requires secrets or tokens to access container registries, integrate with organizational Single Sign-On (SSO), or manage network TLS certificates.

Watch the full episode: https://ku.bz/5RKVBGlQR

Harsha Koushik, a Security Researcher and Technical Product Manager at Palo Alto Networks, explores the practical and security benefits of Distroless containers.

He debunks the myth surrounding their security and explains the fundamental differences between Distroless containers and traditional distributions, highlighting the absence of package managers, shells, and OS-level utilities in Distroless containers.

Watch the full episode: https://ku.bz/n_sJ04xMY

This article presents three Vault integration mechanisms in Kubernetes: Banzai Cloud's Vault Secrets Webhook, CSI Provider, and Agent Sidecar Injector

It evaluates each based on key features, advantages, and limitations.

More: https://medium.com/@denisgorokhov/vault-integration-mechanisms-in-kubernetes-comparative-analysis-61e3f582e2f4

In this ebook you will learn how to establish secure communication between clusters and pods, and discover the best practices for implementing zero-trust security in your Kubernetes environment.

More: https://kubecrash.io/download/zero-trust-ebook

Michael Levan explains how specialized teams and smart abstractions can lead to better outcomes.

You will learn:

- How to use Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and abstractions to empower teams without requiring everyone to be a Kubernetes expert.
- How to balance specialization and collaboration using platform engineering practices and smart abstractions
- Practical strategies for managing cognitive load in engineering teams and why not everyone needs to know YAML.

Watch (or listen to) it here: https://ku.bz/qlZPfM-zr

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With @Birthmarkb "Farm boy" Farrell

This article explains the security risks of running containers as root in Kubernetes, including downloading malware and accessing host resources, and shows how running as a non-root user can mitigate these risks.

More: https://dev.to/wasiucionekm/kubernetes-security-in-practice-implications-of-running-containers-as-root-474n

This week on Learn Kubernetes Weekly 108:

0️⃣ Zero trust ebook
📦 OpenAI's code execution runtime & replicating sandboxing infrastructure
🆙 How we seamlessly transitioned our node services to Kubernetes
⚖️ Load balancing Airbyte workloads across multiple Kubernetes clusters
🐍 Sneaky write hook: Git clone to root on Kubernetes node
🧪 GenAI experiments: monitoring and debugging Kubernetes cluster health

Read it now: https://learnk8s.io/issues/108

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This tutorial teaches how to set up SPIRE Federation on kind clusters, enabling secure communication between microservices with SPIFFE/SPIRE.

More: https://medium.com/@nishant.apatil3/spiffe-spire-federation-implementation-on-kind-clusters-d5f3b7c4c062

This week's 6 best Kubernetes vacancies that focus on security are:

DevSecOps Engineer with xAI
💰 $180K to $440K a year
🏠 From the office in San Francisco / Palo Alto, CA, USA

DevSecOps Engineer with Gemini
💰 $248K to $310K a year
👨‍💻 Remote from the United States

DevSecOps Engineer with Uniswap Labs
💰 $264K to $294K a year
🏠 From the office in New York, NY, USA

Security Architect with Adobe Inc.
💰 $191.7K to $345.7K a year
🏠 From the office in Seattle, WA / San Francisco / San Jose, CA, USA

👉 Browse all 1387 Kubernetes jobs on Kube Careers https://kube.careers

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This article explores the security risks of exposed Kubelet APIs and presents real-world attacks observed through a honeypot setup, highlighting techniques used by attackers and providing measures to protect Kubernetes clusters.

More: https://blog.aquasec.com/kubernetes-exposed-exploiting-the-kubelet-api

In this article, you will learn why Kubernetes does not manage its own users and instead integrates with existing authentication systems.

More: https://www.armosec.io/blog/kubernetes-user-management