Challenges
We know the hurdles
Our audits address the most common vulnerabilities in production Kubernetes environments.
Value
Who is the audit suitable for?
Our Kubernetes Auditing is aimed at large and medium-sized companies, software houses, and public organizations with their own IT and development departments, authorities, government agencies, and public bodies. For many regulated organizations, regular security audits and compliance evidence are not optional but a legal requirement (BSI-Grundschutz, DORA, GDPR).
Instead of booking expensive 24/7 consulting, you receive in-depth quarterly analyses with concrete recommendations for action. Significantly more cost-effective than permanent consultants. The combination of structured review processes and manual analysis by our specialist team with over ten years of experience in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies delivers results that no tool alone can provide. Regular audits create continuous support that strengthens your teams over time, rather than only addressing problems on an ad-hoc basis.
Approach
How we work
We conduct structured audits that range from goal definition through data collection to prioritization and implementation.
Scope of Services
Services in Detail
The audit covers four core areas. Each area has concrete findings and actionable recommendations.
- Security and Compliance Check
- - We analyze your Kubernetes clusters for security vulnerabilities and compliance risks. This includes checking all container images for vulnerabilities, SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) analysis, layer structure assessment, Dockerfile and build process analysis, and license compliance review to identify potential license violations. We perform an in-depth analysis of all Kubernetes manifest files for misconfigurations, security gaps and compliance violations, and check against CIS Benchmarks, NSA/CISA Kubernetes Hardening Guidance and Pod Security Standards (PSS). We also produce detailed security scoring and static analysis to identify problematic patterns. The goal is to identify weaknesses and recommend concrete measures for securing your environment.
- Architecture and Platform Review
- - We evaluate your Kubernetes platform architecture for stability, scalability, and reliability. This includes analyzing control plane and node configurations, assessing network and storage setups, and reviewing ingress and service mesh implementations. We also perform comprehensive cluster health and sanity checks, identifying resource bottlenecks, misconfigured workloads and potential stability issues. We analyze the third-party tools, operators and platform components in use (e.g. Argo CD, Cert-Manager) and provide strategic recommendations for optimizing the tool stack and long-term platform roadmap. Multi-cluster strategies and disaster recovery concepts round off the assessment.
- Operational Excellence
- - We review your operational processes and tools for monitoring, deployment, and resource management of your Kubernetes environment. We assess how well you can observe your systems, whether your alerting strategies are appropriate, and how efficiently your CI/CD pipelines work. We analyze resource utilization and identify opportunities for cost optimization (resource optimization, image layer deduplication, more efficient deployment patterns). The audit can be repeated quarterly – for repeated audits we provide trend analysis over time, measure progress and identify regressions. This prepares you proactively for external compliance audits and certifications.
- Governance & Best Practices
- - We evaluate your governance structures and document how well your Kubernetes platform meets organizational standards. This includes analyzing policy management, resource isolation, quota management, and tenancy models. We systematically check your cluster configuration against established Kubernetes best practices with a focus on reliability, observability and maintainability. Deliverables include prioritized recommendations with code examples and best-practice references, audit-proof compliance documentation (BSI-Grundschutz, DORA, GDPR), and a strategic platform roadmap. In the follow-up workshop we jointly prioritize measures and support implementation planning.
Scope of Services
What we offer
From container image scanning to compliance evidence. These concrete services form the core of our Kubernetes audits.
- Container-Image-Scanning & Schwachstellenanalyse
- - Comprehensive scanning of all container images for known vulnerabilities and security gaps.
- SBOM-Analyse (Software Bill of Materials)
- - Creation and analysis of software bills of materials for transparency about used dependencies.
- Dockerfile & Build-Prozess-Review
- - Analysis of Dockerfiles and build processes for security best practices and optimization potential.
- Kubernetes-Manifest-Audit
- - In-depth analysis of all Kubernetes manifest files for misconfigurations and security gaps.
- CIS Benchmarks & NSA/CISA Hardening Checks
- - Checking against established security benchmarks and hardening guidelines.
- Security-Scoring & Risikobewertung
- - Detailed security scoring and risk assessment with prioritized recommendations.
- Control Plane & Node-Konfigurationsanalyse
- - Assessment of control plane and node configurations for stability and best practices.
- Cluster-Health & Sanity-Checks
- - Comprehensive health checks and sanity checks to identify issues.
- Netzwerk- und Storage-Setup-Bewertung
- - Analysis of network and storage configurations for performance and security.
- Disaster-Recovery-Konzepte
- - Review and optimization of disaster recovery strategies and backup concepts.
- Observability-Stack-Review
- - Assessment of monitoring, logging and tracing solutions for completeness and efficiency.
- CI/CD-Pipeline-Analyse
- - Review of GitOps/CI/CD pipelines for security, efficiency and best practices.
- Kostenoptimierung
- - Analysis for cost optimization through resource optimization and more efficient deployment patterns.
- Policy-Management-Review
- - Assessment of policy-as-code implementations and policy enforcement mechanisms.
- Best-Practice-Validierung
- - Systematic checking against established Kubernetes best practices with focus on reliability, observability and maintainability.
- Compliance-Nachweis-Dokumentation (BSI, DORA, DSGVO)
- - Creation of audit-proof compliance documentation for regulated environments.
Your Success
Results you can expect
You receive clear action items instead of theoretical concepts. Prioritized and actionable.
Common Questions
FAQ