CLD / CLD-05
Kubernetes, container and registry security
Secure container environments from images to clusters and operations. The project addresses permissions, isolation, secrets, image provenance and workload visibility.
WHEN IT HELPS
A focused response
to a defined need.
Rapidly opened cluster, overprivileged containers, secrets embedded in images, untracked dependencies or preparation for production.
SCOPE & OUTCOMES
What the engagement covers.
Scope
- Cluster API
- RBAC
- workload identity
- admission policies
- pod security
- networking
- registries
- image scanning
- secrets
- logs
- updates and backups
Deliverables
- Security architecture
- versioned policies
- approved-image register
- test results
- operations procedures
- remediation plan
- justified exceptions
Acceptance evidence
Permissions and policies are tested; unapproved images are rejected where intended; network isolation is verified with the actual plugin; images contain no secrets; recovery procedures are documented.
DELIVERY
How the work is structured.
Approach
Inventory accounts and use; clarify responsibilities; design policies; pilot; test and deploy; organise drift, exceptions and operations.
Prerequisites & responsibilities
Customer: tenant/account access, billing, data owners, administrators and residency constraints. Provider: architecture and configuration under shared responsibility.
Scope factors
Clouds, accounts, regions, resources, tenants, clusters, connectors and automation maturity. Consumption, transfers, storage and licenses are separate from the service.
Questions to clarify
Who may create workloads or change the cluster? Which images are approved? How are secrets, backups and updates managed?
IMPORTANT BOUNDARIES
Mechanisms depend on distribution, networking and versions. Configuration backups are not necessarily sufficient to restore persistent application data.
Capabilities vary by edition, region and availability status. A posture score is neither certification nor a guarantee of complete detection.
IN PRACTICE
Illustrative situations.
These examples describe possible engagements and target outcomes. They are not customer references or achieved results.
Scenario 01
A software vendor migrates to Kubernetes. Project: define RBAC, registries and workload policies before production. Target outcome: deployments compatible with guardrails and exceptions reviewed beforehand.
Scenario 02
A cluster hosts several teams. Project: restrict permissions, separate traffic and externalise secrets. Target outcome: verified improvement in separation; a namespace alone is not presented as sufficient security isolation.
Technology and reference context
Examples: native Kubernetes controls, image registries, secret managers and policies suited to the distribution.
The final technology set is agreed during scoping, based on interoperability, licensing, access rights and operating requirements.
CONNECTED SERVICES
Build the next step.
These services can complement the engagement. They are not automatically included.
START A CONVERSATION
Make the scope clear.
We will clarify the objective, dependencies and responsibilities of this service before proposing delivery.