Cloud Security
· 11 min readKubernetes Security — Beyond the CIS Benchmark
Admission controllers, workload identity, image supply chain, and runtime detection in production clusters.
Published 18 December 2025 · Updated 6 May 2026
The benchmark is the starting line
Passing CIS-K8s tells you the control plane is hardened. It says nothing about admission policy, image provenance, or runtime behaviour — where real intrusions land.
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