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Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
8.1K starsJul 13, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
Curated resources help you prepare for the CNCF/Linux Foundation CKS 2021 "Kubernetes Certified Security Specialist" Certification exam. Please provide feedback or requests by raising issues, or making a pull request. All feedback for improvements are welcome. thank you.
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Cloud Native Runtime Security
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$ npx skills add aquasecurity/trivy#5
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$ npx skills add goharbor/harbor#9
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$ npx skills add dapr/dapr#10
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$ npx skills add kubernetes/kubernetes#12
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$ npx skills add traefik/traefik#13
Connect, secure, control, and observe services.
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$ npx skills add istio/istio#14
Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.
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$ npx skills add portainer/portainer#15
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$ npx skills add podman-container-tools/podman#16
Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
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