Microsoft AKS Security Bootcamp:
Achieving PCI, SOC2, HIPAA, NIST and GDPR compliance for containerized applications
In this AKS-focused workshop, you will work with Azure and Calico Cloud to learn how to design and deploy best practices to achieve compliance with regulatory frameworks such as PCI, SOC2, HIPAA and others and secure your Kubernetes environment.
Enterprises developing compliant cloud-native applications have two primary needs. First, they must secure and govern access to containerized workloads and the Kubernetes environment. Second, they need to simplify audit logging and compliance reporting. The Kubernetes environment is dynamic and distributed, and workloads are ephemeral, making enforcing compliance controls and providing continuous reporting difficult.
The purpose of this repository is to offer you a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on creating an Azure AKS cluster, registering it on Calico Cloud, and securing your cloud-native applications to meet compliance requirements. Although Calico Cloud provides a wide range of functionalities and security features, this workshop will concentrate on a few key features that effectively ensure compliance across multiple regulatory frameworks due to time constraints. If you would like to delve deeper into this topic, please don't hesitate to contact us.
The estimated time to complete this workshop is 60-90 minutes.
- Cloud Professionals
- DevSecOps Professional
- Site Reliability Engineers (SRE)
- Solutions Architects
- Anyone interested in Calico Cloud :)
Learn how to:
- Scan container images and block deployment based on your security criteria during build time.
- Preview and enforce security policies to protect vulnerable workloads.
- Implement zero-trust access controls to prevent egress and lateral movement during runtime.
- Implement runtime security with IDS/IPS, WAF, and malware detection.
- Get visibility into Kubernetes cluster traffic to troubleshoot and improve security.
⚠️ For this workshop, you are expected to have access to a previously created AKS cluster.
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Please, follow the instructions on the repository below if you don't have it ready:
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We will run this workshop from the Azure Cloud Shell, as described in that repository.
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To start your cluster, reload the environment variables create in your Azure Cloud Shell first and then start the cluster. Use the following command:
source ~/workshopvars.env az aks start --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --name $CLUSTERNAME
This workshop is organized in sequencial modules. One module will build up on top of the previous module, so please, follow the order as proposed below.
Module 1 - Connect the AKS cluster to Calico Cloud
Module 2 - Scan Container Images
Module 3 - Calico Cloud Admission Controller
Module 4 - Security Guardrails for Network-based Threats
Module 5 - Configuring IDS protection and Workload-Centric WAF
Module 6 - Quarantine Infected Workloads and KSPM
Module 7 - Clean up
- Project Calico
- Calico Academy - Get Calico Certified!
- O’REILLY EBOOK: Kubernetes security and observability
- Calico Users - Slack
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Note: The examples and sample code provided in this workshop are intended to be consumed as instructional content. These will help you understand how Calico Cloud can be configured to build a functional solution. These examples are not intended for use in production environments.