Container & Kubernetes Assessment
Container and Kubernetes assessment evaluates how images, containers, and the orchestrator are built and configured. Containers share the host kernel rather than fully virtualizing it, so the central question is whether an attacker can break out of a container or move laterally across the cluster.
What we assess
Coverage areas included in this engagement. Select a topic for methodology depth and business impact.
| Topic | Summary |
|---|---|
| 1. Container Security Assessment: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 10. Orchestration Platform Security: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 11. Auditing and Logging: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 12. Security Monitoring: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 13. Container Signing and Verification: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 14. Container Runtime Policies: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 15. Container Secrets Management: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 16. Container Compliance Scanning: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 17. Container Isolation Techniques: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 18. Container Filesystem Permissions: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 19. Container Image Tagging Best Practices: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 2. Container Image Analysis: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 3. Exposed Ports: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 4. Privilege Escalation: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 5. Container Breakout: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 6. Network Security: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 7. Resource Utilization: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 8. Docker API Security: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| 9. Docker Compose Security: | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| Core Concepts | Container and Kubernetes assessment evaluates how images, containers, and the orchestrator are built and configured. Containers share the host kernel rather than fully virtualizing it, so the central question is whether an attacker can break out of a container or move laterally… |
How we run it
Documented phases aligned to industry frameworks. Every step produces evidence your engineering team can replay.
Scope and authorization
We confirm written authorization, in-scope assets, and rules of engagement before testing begins.
- We confirm written authorization, in-scope assets, and rules of engagement before testing begins.
Assessment and validation
Our operators assess the attack surface using documented methodologies aligned to industry frameworks.
- Our operators assess the attack surface using documented methodologies aligned to industry frameworks.
Reporting and retest
Findings are delivered with severity ratings, remediation guidance, and an agreed retest window for critical issues.
- Findings are delivered with severity ratings, remediation guidance, and an agreed retest window for critical issues.
Certification spotlight
Our operators hold industry-recognized offensive security credentials. For this engagement we lean on the certification below.
Primary certification
PenTest+
CompTIA
Why this matters for your engagement
CompTIA PenTest+ validates hands-on offensive methodology across networks, applications, and cloud targets. We apply this framework to scope, execute, and report findings with reproducible evidence your engineering team can action.
Risk areas we cover
High-level risk themes for this engagement. Cards with an arrow open the matching topic page.
1. Container Security Assessment:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
10. Orchestration Platform Security:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
11. Auditing and Logging:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
12. Security Monitoring:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
13. Container Signing and Verification:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
14. Container Runtime Policies:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
15. Container Secrets Management:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
16. Container Compliance Scanning:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
17. Container Isolation Techniques:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
18. Container Filesystem Permissions:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
19. Container Image Tagging Best Practices:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
2. Container Image Analysis:
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
What you receive
Every engagement concludes with actionable output your security and engineering teams can operationalize.
Findings report
Documented vulnerabilities with severity ratings, affected assets, and reproducible evidence your team can action.
Remediation guidance
Prioritized recommendations mapped to risk and effort, with clear ownership for engineering and operations teams.
Retest scope
Defined retest window for critical and high findings so you can confirm fixes before auditors or leadership review.
Compliance and trust
Findings are mapped to severity frameworks and can support SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR evidence requests. Review our security practices and subprocessors in the Trust Center.