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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 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.
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  • Minimize user access to Amazon ECR

    Restrict user access to Amazon ECR, limiting interaction with build images to only authorized personnel and service accounts.
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  • Kubernetes Secrets Management

    Secrets let you store and manage sensitive information, such as passwords, OAuth tokens, and ssh keys. Such information might otherwise be put in a Pod specification or in an image.
    Group
  • Ensure Kubernetes Secrets are Encrypted

    Encrypt Kubernetes secrets, stored in etcd, using secrets encryption feature during Amazon EKS cluster creation.
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  • Kubernetes - Worker Node Settings

    Contains evaluations for the worker node configuration settings.
    Group

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