Can I use this for compliance auditing?

Yes, the skill provides patterns aligned with CIS Benchmarks and NIST frameworks to help secure clusters for regulated environments.

Is service mesh security included?

Yes, the skill covers Istio security features like PeerAuthentication for mTLS and AuthorizationPolicies for fine-grained service-to-service access control.

Can it help with RBAC configuration?

Absolutely. It generates namespace-scoped Roles and cluster-wide ClusterRoles based on the principle of least privilege, along with the necessary RoleBindings.

How does this skill handle NetworkPolicies?

It provides templates for default-deny-all strategies and specific rules for allowing legitimate traffic between microservices while blocking unauthorized access.

Does it support the latest Pod Security Standards?

Yes, it includes implementation guides for the Namespace-labeled Pod Security Standards (Privileged, Baseline, and Restricted) which replaced PodSecurityPolicies.

Kubernetes Security Policies

Name: Kubernetes Security Policies
Author: EngineerWithAI

byEngineerWithAI

Security & Testing

Implements production-grade Kubernetes security using NetworkPolicies, Pod Security Standards, and RBAC to secure clusters and enforce compliance.

About

Kubernetes Security Policies is a specialized skill designed to automate the implementation of defense-in-depth security across Kubernetes clusters. It provides comprehensive patterns for configuring network segmentation, establishing Pod Security Standards (Privileged, Baseline, and Restricted), and enforcing least-privilege RBAC. By leveraging this skill, developers and SREs can quickly secure multi-tenant environments, implement OPA Gatekeeper constraints, and configure Istio-based mTLS and authorization policies to meet industry compliance frameworks like CIS Benchmarks and NIST.

Key Features

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Least-privilege RBAC configuration for users and service accounts.
Automated generation of NetworkPolicies for default-deny and micro-segmentation.
Policy enforcement patterns using OPA Gatekeeper ConstraintTemplates.
Implementation of Pod Security Standards at the namespace level.
Service mesh security configuration including Istio mTLS and AuthorizationPolicies.

Use Cases

Hardening production workloads to meet CIS Kubernetes Benchmark or NIST compliance requirements.
Enforcing network isolation between frontend, backend, and database tiers using fine-grained policies.
Securing multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters by isolating namespaces and restricting pod capabilities.

About

Key Features

0 GitHub stars
Least-privilege RBAC configuration for users and service accounts.
Automated generation of NetworkPolicies for default-deny and micro-segmentation.
Policy enforcement patterns using OPA Gatekeeper ConstraintTemplates.
Implementation of Pod Security Standards at the namespace level.
Service mesh security configuration including Istio mTLS and AuthorizationPolicies.

Use Cases

Hardening production workloads to meet CIS Kubernetes Benchmark or NIST compliance requirements.
Enforcing network isolation between frontend, backend, and database tiers using fine-grained policies.
Securing multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters by isolating namespaces and restricting pod capabilities.