Pentesting Multi-tenant Kubernetes Clusters

Enterprise Kubernetes deployments require more than your average pentest.

Pentesting Multi-tenant Kubernetes Clusters Virtue Security

Kubernetes often creates an over-looked ecosystem of network and application infrastructure. As enterprise teams deploy more complex workloads into these environments, pentesting the presumed security boundaries can be a tedious and time-consuming task.

In this talk, Nick Coblentz walks through important test cases for Kubernetes and showcases time-saving features of virtuekube that can help pentesters assess large clusters.

Key Topics

  • Understanding Kubernetes benefits
  • Complexity created by cluster sprawl
  • Role-based access controls
  • Self-service multi-tenant features
  • Pod isolation and blast radius
  • Enumerate network services and accessible pods
  • Discovering secrets and sensitive data

About The Speaker

Nick Coblentz
Senior Lead Penetration Tester

As a senior penetration tester at Virtue, Nick focuses on application security and cloud penetration testing.