Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/skills/implementing-pod-security-admission-controller/references/standards.md

Standards - Pod Security Admission Controller

Kubernetes Pod Security Standards

Profile	Controls Enforced
Baseline	No privileged, no hostPID/IPC/Network, no hostPorts, restricted volumes, no procMount, restricted seccomp, restricted capabilities
Restricted	All Baseline + non-root, drop ALL caps, seccomp required, restricted volume types, no privilege escalation

CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.8

• 5.2.1: Ensure privileged containers are not used
• 5.2.2-5.2.4: Ensure host namespace sharing is disabled
• 5.2.5: Ensure privilege escalation is not allowed
• 5.2.6: Ensure root containers are not admitted
• 5.2.7: Ensure seccomp profile is set
• 5.7.3: Apply security context to pods

NIST SP 800-190

• Section 4.3: Container runtime security
• Section 5.4: Admission control enforcement

NSA/CISA Kubernetes Hardening Guide v1.2

• Section 1: Pod Security - Use Pod Security Standards

Compliance Mappings

• PCI DSS v4.0 Req 2.2: Configuration standards
• SOC 2 CC6.1: Logical access controls
• HIPAA 164.312(a)(1): Access controls