Certified Cloud Native Security Expert (CCNSE)

	Starting date	Place	Type	Course duration	Language	Price without VAT
	Upon request		E-learning	60 days	en	940 EUR	Register
G	Guaranteed course

Course description

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:

Build a solid foundation that is required to understand the container and Kubernetes security landscape.
Gain the necessary skills to analyze, assess, evaluate, and secure applications; APIs and microservices; containers; and Kubernetes.
Gain a practical understanding of how to hack misconfigured Kubernetes workloads.
Learn and implement different ways of Authentication and Authorization methods used in Kubernetes.
Learn how different Admission controllers help apply defense in depth to regulate and audit workloads in a Kubernetes Cluster.
Learn, apply and practice different techniques to manage clusterwide data in a distributed setup.
Practice and implement a myriad of techniques to secure secrets and other sensitive data processed and consumed in a Kubernetes Cluster.
Experience Network security and Zero Trust in action using Network policies and Service Meshes.
Gain the necessary skills to Defend Kubernetes cluster from most common attacks.

Course structure

Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud-Native Concepts and its Security

Course Introduction (About the course, syllabus, and how to approach it)
About Certification and how to approach it
Lab Environment
Lifetime course support (Mattermost)
Overview of the Cloud Native Technologies
The 4C’s of Cloud-Native Security
- Cloud
- Clusters
- Containers
- Code (SCA, SAST, DAST) – DevSecOps
Security and Threat Model of Cloud-Native technologies
- Overview of Cloud Security
- Overview of Container Security (Container Vulnerability, Supply Chain Attack, Least Privilege)
- Overview of Kubernetes Security
- Overview of Microservices Security
Hands-on Exercise: Learn how to use our browser-based lab environment

Chapter 2: Introduction to Microservices Architecture

The need for microservices
Monolith vs Microservices
Technical and Business pros and cons of Microservices
Tools of the trade
- - Source code management
  - CI/CD tools
  - Artefact management
  - Cloud Platform
  - Infrastructure as code
  - Monitoring and logging tools
  - Collaboration tools
REST APIs
- - What is an API
  - API Security
  - Introduction to OWASP API Top 10
    - Software Component Analysis of API
    - Static Application Security Testing of API
    - Dynamic Application Security Testing of API
Hands-on Exercises:
- Working With GitLab CI/CD
- Advanced GitLab CI/CD
- Continuous Deployment Using GitLab

Chapter 3: Containers and Container Security

What is a container?
Container vs Virtualization
- - Container Advantages
  - Container Disadvantages
Docker Architecture and its components
- - Command Line Interface(CLI)
  - Engine (Daemon, API)
  - Runtime (containerd, shim, runc)
Basics of container technology and its challenges
Container fundamentals
- - Namespaces
  - Cgroup
  - Capabilities
Ways to interact with container ecosystem
Container security issues
Container Defenses
Hands-on Exercises:
- Working With Docker Command
- Create Docker Image Using Dockerfile
- Malicious Container Image
- Build a Secure, Miniature Image With Distroless To Minimize Attack Footprint
- How To Use Container Registry
- Attacking Misconfigured Docker Registry
- Signing Container Images for Trust
- Securing Container Using Seccomp
- Exploiting Containerized Application
- Docker Privilege Escalation

Chapter 4: Introduction to Kubernetes

Introduction to Kubernetes
Kubernetes Use Cases
Kubernetes Architecture (Core Components)
- - Cluster, Nodes, and Pods
  - API Server
  - Controller Manager
  - Etcd
  - kube-scheduler
  - kubelet
  - Kube-proxy
  - Container Runtime
Bootstrapping the Kubernetes cluster
Kubernetes Package Manager
- - Understanding Helm Workflow
  - Creating Helm Charts
Hands-on Exercises:
- Bootstrapping the Kubernetes Cluster Using kubeadm
- Kubernetes Basics Component
- Working With Kubernetes
- Kubernetes Secrets
- Kubernetes Service Accounts
- Kubernetes Storage
- Kubernetes Networking Using Calico

Chapter 5: Hacking Kubernetes Cluster

Kubernetes Attack Surface and Threat Matrix
Common Kubernetes security issues
Differences in k8s installations (support for PSP vs no PSP)
Hands-on Exercises:
- Kubernetes Reconnaissance Through Port Scanning
- Hacking Kubernetes Using Kubernetes Dashboard
- Reconnaissance Using kube-hunter
- Crashing Kubernetes cluster
- Exploiting Kubelet API
- Exploiting Privileged Containers
- Compromising Kubernetes Secrets
- Supply Chain Attack Using Poisoned Image
- Supply Chain Attack Using Malicious Helm Chart
- Sniffing Kubernetes Network Traffic

Chapter 6: Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization

Fundamentals of Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization
Authentication mechanisms in Kubernetes
- - Authentication with Client Certificates
  - Authentication with Bearer Tokens
  - HTTP Basic Authentication
  - Remote Authentication
Authorization mechanisms in Kubernetes
- - Node Authorization
  - Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC)
  - Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Hands-on Exercises:
- Creating Kubernetes Users Using Certificates
- Kubernetes Authentication Using Keycloak
- Find Misconfigured RBAC Using KubiScan
- Static Analysis of the Access Control Using Krane

Chapter 7: Kubernetes Admission Controllers

Fundamentals of Admission Controllers
Static Admission Controllers
- - LimitRanger
  - DefaultStorageClass
  - AlwaysPullImages
Dynamic Admission Controllers
- - Introduction to Custom Admission Controllers
  - Working with Custom Admission WebHooks
  - Authenticating API Servers
  - Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego Policies
  - Using OPA with Kubernetes
  - OPA Gatekeeper
  - OPA Kube-mgmt vs OPA Gatekeeper
Pod Security Context
Pod Security Policies
Pod Security Admission
- - Pod Security Standards
  - Policy Modes
  - Applying Policies
Different Options to Write Custom Policies for K8s
Hands-on Exercises:
- Enforcing Custom Resource Limits With LimitRanger
- Enforcing Images Are Always Pulled With Authorization
- Enforced Trusted Images Using OPA Gatekeeper

Chapter 8: Kubernetes Data Security

Kubernetes Data Storage mechanisms
- - Image Layers
  - Container Mounts and Volumes
  - Distributed Volumes in Kubernetes
  - Persistent Volumes on Cloud
  - Dynamically Provisioning Cloud Storage for Workloads
Managing secrets in traditional infrastructure
Managing secrets in containers at Scale
- - Exploring Secret Storage Options
  - Kubernetes Secrets Object
  - Encrypted Configurations
  - Managing Encryption Keys in External KMS
  - Encrypting Secret Objects in Version Control Systems
  - Mozilla SOPS for Secret OPerationS
  - Introducing Secrets Store CSI Drivers
  - Environment Variables and Volume Mounts
  - Injecting Secrets with Hashicorp Vault
Sanning for Secrets Exposure
Hands-On Exercises:
- Encrypting Kubernetes Secrets at Rest
- Storing Secrets Securely Using HashiCorp Vault
- Managing Secrets Using Sealed Secrets
- Kubernetes Image Scanning Using Trivy

Chapter 9: Kubernetes Network Security

Introduction to Kubernetes Networking
- - Kubernetes Networking Architecture
  - Challenges with Kubernetes Networking
Network Policies in Kubernetes
- - Network Policy and Its Characteristics
  - Anatomy of a Network Policy
Fallacies of Distributed Computing
Service Mesh Architecture
- - Exploring Linkerd
  - Zero Trust with Consul Connect
  - Service Identities with Istio
Hands-on exercises:
- Writing Network Policies in Kubernetes
- Kubernetes Ingress Using NGINX Ingress
- Implementing a Service Mesh and mTLS With Istio
- Implementing a Service Mesh With Linkerd
- Enforce Zero Trust Networking Using Consul Connect

Chapter 10: Defending Kubernetes Cluster

Compliance and Governance
- - Kubernetes Compliance with Kubebench
  - Kubernetes Compliance with Inspec
Threat Modeling for Kubernetes
Static Analysis of Kubernetes clusters
Building Secure Container Images
Dynamic and Runtime Security Analysis
Security Monitoring
Hands-on Exercises:
- Principle of Least Privileges Using Role-Based Access Control
- Kubernetes Static Analysis
- Performing Static Analysis of Manifest Files in CI/CD Pipeline
- Defining Kubernetes Resource Quotas
- Kubernetes Compliance Using CIS Benchmarks
- Securing Kubernetes Workloads Using gVisor
- Security Monitoring of Kubernetes Cluster Using Wazuh
- Kubernetes Threat Detection Using Falco
- Threat Hunting With Kubernetes Audit Logs

Prerequisites

Course participants should have knowledge of running basic Linux commands like ls, cd, mkdir, etc.,
Basic knowledge in container technology and k8s helps but is needed.
Understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities