Kubernetes Security
Kubernetes environments introduce an additional layer of infrastructure that requires dedicated security visibility. Beyond the cloud resources that host a cluster, organizations must also secure Kubernetes nodes, workloads, configurations, permissions, and cluster resources.
Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) extends OX cloud security visibility into Kubernetes environments.
While CSPM analyzes cloud infrastructure and managed services, KSPM provides visibility into Kubernetes-specific resources, configurations, and security risks within your clusters.
KSPM helps security teams identify misconfigurations, investigate Kubernetes assets, and monitor compliance with Kubernetes security best practices.
Kubernetes findings are integrated into the OX issue management experience, allowing you to investigate cloud and Kubernetes security issues from a single platform.
KSPM expands cloud security visibility beyond the cluster level and provides insights into:
Kubernetes clusters
Nodes
Kubernetes workloads and resources
Kubernetes-specific misconfigurations
Kubernetes compliance findings
Investigating Kubernetes issues
Kubernetes findings appear alongside other cloud security findings in OX.
For each finding, OX provides contextual information about the affected cluster and associated Kubernetes assets to help accelerate investigation and remediation.
You can use issue filters to focus specifically on Kubernetes security findings and review affected resources within the issue details.
Expanding a cluster shows the nodes inside it and the misconfigurations associated with each node, so you can drill from cluster down to the specific node that is misconfigured.
OX Inspector
KSPM visibility is powered by OX Inspector, a Kubernetes-native component that runs within your cluster and provides OX with the information required to analyze Kubernetes security posture.
OX Inspector collects metadata about Kubernetes resources and workloads, enabling OX to identify Kubernetes security findings, evaluate compliance, and provide visibility into assets within the cluster.
Kubernetes compliance monitoring
KSPM evaluates Kubernetes environments against supported Kubernetes security benchmarks.
Compliance results help you identify configuration gaps and prioritize remediation efforts across your clusters.
The CIS Kubernetes benchmark is included in Compliance score per framework on the Cloud Security Dashboard, so cluster compliance posture is tracked alongside your other frameworks.
Use this score to track cluster compliance posture next to your other frameworks, such as SOC2, CIS-5.0, ISO27001:2022, and NIST-800-53.
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