Does it integrate with service meshes?

Yes, it includes support for Istio PeerAuthentication to enforce mTLS and AuthorizationPolicies to control service-to-service communication.

Can it help troubleshoot RBAC permission issues?

Yes, it includes specialized commands and debugging patterns for verifying effective permissions and identifying missing roles or bindings.

Does this skill support the latest Pod Security Standards?

Yes, it includes configurations for Privileged, Baseline, and Restricted standards, providing a modern replacement for deprecated PodSecurityPolicies.

Can I use this for multi-tenant cluster isolation?

Absolutely. It provides templates for default-deny NetworkPolicies and namespace-scoped RBAC specifically designed for multi-tenant environments.

How does it help with compliance?

The skill automates the implementation of technical security controls required by major frameworks like the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

Kubernetes Security Policies

Name: Kubernetes Security Policies
Author: wshobson

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Security & Testing

Implements production-grade Kubernetes security through NetworkPolicies, Pod Security Standards, and robust RBAC configurations.

This skill provides a comprehensive toolkit for securing Kubernetes clusters by enforcing defense-in-depth strategies. It enables Claude to generate and configure sophisticated NetworkPolicies for traffic isolation, implement modern Pod Security Standards (Privileged, Baseline, and Restricted), and manage least-privilege RBAC roles for users and service accounts. Beyond basic manifests, it supports advanced security patterns such as OPA Gatekeeper constraints for admission control and Istio-based service mesh security, making it an essential resource for developers building compliant, multi-tenant, and hardened cloud-native environments.

Key Features

01Automated NetworkPolicy generation for ingress and egress traffic isolation

02Least-privilege RBAC configuration for users, roles, and service accounts

03Service mesh security configuration including mTLS and AuthorizationPolicies

04Implementation of Kubernetes Pod Security Standards (PSS) at the namespace level

05Admission control enforcement using OPA Gatekeeper ConstraintTemplates

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Use Cases

01Hardening container workloads for CIS Kubernetes Benchmark or NIST compliance

02Automating the enforcement of security contexts like non-root execution and read-only filesystems

03Securing multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters with namespace-level network and resource isolation

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add wshobson/agents k8s-security-policies

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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