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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Ensure Cluster Private Nodes

    Disable public IP addresses for cluster nodes, so that they only have private IP addresses. Private Nodes are nodes with no public IP addresses.
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Kubernetes - Registry Security Practices

    Contains evaluations for Kubernetes registry security practices, and cluster-wide registry configuration.
    Group
  • Only use approved container registries

    Use approved container registries.
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Ensure Image Vulnerability Scanning

    Scan images being deployed to Amazon EKS for vulnerabilities.
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Ensure Cluster Service Account with read-only access to Amazon ECR

    Configure the Cluster Service Account with Storage Object Viewer Role to only allow read- only access to Amazon ECR.
    Rule Unknown Severity

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