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Security Recommendations

This document provides security recommendations and best practices for implementing the Secure CINC Auditor Kubernetes Container Scanning platform.

Overview

To ensure a secure implementation of container scanning, we provide comprehensive recommendations across different operational areas. These recommendations are derived from industry best practices, our detailed risk analysis, and compliance framework requirements.

Enterprise Security Recommendations

Our Enterprise Recommendations provides guidance for enterprise-scale deployments:

  1. Scanning Governance
  2. Implement approval processes for scanning operations
  3. Log all scanning activities with detailed attribution

  4. Setup alerts for unauthorized scanning attempts

  5. Resource Management

  6. Implement quotas to prevent DoS conditions
  7. Configure sandbox environments for scanning

  8. Ensure proper resource allocation

  9. Access Control

  10. Implement strong RBAC governance
  11. Use centralized identity management
  12. Implement just-in-time access for scanning

CI/CD Security Recommendations

Our CI/CD Security provides specific recommendations for CI/CD integrations:

  1. Pipeline Credentials
  2. Ensure pipeline credentials are properly secured
  3. Implement secret management solutions

  4. Rotate credentials regularly

  5. Scanner Validation

  6. Validate scanner configuration before deployment
  7. Scan the scanner images themselves for vulnerabilities

  8. Verify integrity of scanner components

  9. Pipeline Integration

  10. Implement secure scanning workflows
  11. Validate scanning results
  12. Apply proper threshold controls

Monitoring Recommendations

Our Monitoring outlines best practices for security monitoring:

  1. Audit and Monitoring
  2. Monitor for abnormal scanning patterns
  3. Audit scanner configuration changes

  4. Review scanner logs for suspicious activities

  5. Alerting and Response

  6. Implement alerts for security policy violations
  7. Create incident response procedures
  8. Set up escalation paths for security events

Network Security Recommendations

Our Network Security document provides guidance for network controls:

  1. Network Policies
  2. Implement network policies to restrict scanner communication
  3. Consider running scanning operations in dedicated namespaces

  4. Implement egress filtering for scanning components

  5. Segmentation

  6. Separate scanning infrastructure
  7. Implement proper namespace isolation
  8. Apply zero-trust principles

Implementation Best Practices

Across all areas, these general best practices apply:

  1. Defense in Depth
  2. Implement multiple security controls at different layers
  3. Don't rely on a single security mechanism

  4. Apply layered security controls

  5. Least Privilege

  6. Implement minimal permissions for scanning operations
  7. Regularly review and audit permissions

  8. Remove unnecessary access

  9. Secure Defaults

  10. Configure conservative default settings for all components
  11. Disable unnecessary features

  12. Apply secure baseline configurations

  13. Regular Updates

  14. Keep scanner components updated with security patches
  15. Monitor for security advisories
  16. Implement a patch management process