Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 7 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Geek Learn
Rating
Course Overview
Container and Kubernetes Security: Strategies for Modern Application Protection
Containers have revolutionized modern software development by enabling faster, more consistent application deployment across environments. However, with this transformation comes a growing security challenge: vulnerabilities and misconfigurations can quickly escalate into major security incidents. As containerized applications increasingly rely on orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, implementing strong security measures is no longer optional—it's critical.
This comprehensive course provides a practical, structured approach to securing containerized environments, with a particular focus on Kubernetes. This course begins with an overview of the foundational technologies—exploring the architecture of containers and Kubernetes, as well as the typical application development and deployment lifecycle. From there, it shifts to analyzing potential attack surfaces and common threat vectors that can compromise containerized applications.
To address these risks, we will go over a five-factor security model designed specifically for Kubernetes ecosystems. You’ll learn how to apply this model to protect every stage of your environment—from development to production. The course covers best practices for securing design and code, container images and registries, individual containers and host systems, applications, and Kubernetes clusters themselves.
Whether you're a DevOps engineer, developer, or security professional, this course equips you with the knowledge and tools needed to build more resilient, secure containerized applications in today’s dynamic cloud-native landscape.
Course Content
- 6 section(s)
- 20 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Welcome
- Section 2 Containers
- Section 3 Security Model
- Section 4 5 Factors
- Section 5 Additional Security Considerations
- Section 6 Conclusion
What You’ll Learn
- Grasp the foundational concepts of containers and Kubernetes
- Recognize common vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and threat vectors in containerized environments.
- Apply a Five-Factor Security Model
- Secure the Software Development Lifecycl
- Protect Container Images and Registries
- Secure Applications in Production
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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KKarthik Prasad N
Best for starting with k8s :) Thanks for the course.
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JJerzy Kruszewski
- This course is EXTREMELY OUTDATED. In 2024 it still presents data and solutions from 2017. - Instructor never showed how to perform cleanups - In few cases instructor assumed we will make setup ourselves (start pods, etc.) - Most of the resources used by this course for exercise no longer exist.
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AAlexander Layton
Frontloaded with a lot of terminology, but doesn't mince words.
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MMarius Filip
What is deemed to be a course in fundamentals of Kubernetes is in fact a small set of fairly meagre PowerPoint presentations followed by screen captures of console commands and visualisations of yaml files. Listing facts and showing console commands doesn't make them into a course and the performance doesn't transform the deliverer into a teacher. Listing facts has very little educational value; one can find the same information in the documentation. Jumping to examples (which follow the 'this is the yaml file' followed by 'this is how I type a command' ended with 'this is the output') does little justice to explain what Kubernetes stands for. Nearly half of the 'theory' is, in fact, reading word-by-word the content of PowerPoint slides, as if the learner has difficulty reading English. The expositions consist basically in pin-pointing elements of output; it's difficult to see how such an act can be transferred by a novice to another situation. The reason I place a second star besides the minimum derives from the effort to list some elements of the Kubernetes ecosystem and the list is reasonably consistent for a 4-hour course. But with the emergence of Awesome-Kubernetes lists, even that goes down in value with time. In short, perhaps someone new to Kubernetes is better off with the official documentation and free learning resources instead of 'Fundamentals of Kubernetes'.
