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Secure: Cluster Security & Posture

Kubernetes security audit and hardening

An independent, CIS Kubernetes Benchmark–aligned review of a cluster you already run. You get a scored baseline and a severity-ranked backlog first, then the option to have that exact backlog fixed at a fixed price.

“I have a running cluster and I’m worried about its security posture.” Self-driven, or compliance and tender-driven.

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What you get

Deliverables

Score, prioritize, and close the gaps in a cluster you already run.

  • A 0–100 security score your team and auditors can track over time
  • A remediation backlog ranked by severity, not a list of every finding
  • An executive summary written for a non-technical stakeholder or tender reviewer
  • Optional fixed-price hardening with a before/after re-score

Scope

Secure tiers, scope and timelines

Each tier has a fixed scope and a stated timeline. We confirm the tier with you on the first call, before any proposal is written.

Audit

Teams with a running cluster who need an independent, scored security baseline.

CIS Kubernetes Benchmark scoring, RBAC review, network policy gap analysis, secrets management review, pod security standards check, image provenance and scanning gaps, exposed control-plane and etcd checks, ingress and TLS review.

Deliverable

Scored report (0–100, CIS-aligned), a severity-ranked remediation backlog, and an executive summary written for a non-technical stakeholder.

Excludes

No changes are made to the cluster — this is diagnostic only, to preserve audit independence.

1–2 weeks, scaling with cluster and node count.

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Harden

Teams with a scored backlog (from Audit or elsewhere) ready to fix it on a fixed price.

Fixed-price implementation of the specific backlog generated by Audit — nothing open-ended.

Deliverable

Implemented fixes, a before/after re-score, and a handover runbook.

Prerequisite

Requires an Audit backlog to price against — either ours or a validated gap list from elsewhere.

Billing

Fixed price, paid across 2–3 milestones — never time & materials.

2–6 weeks, depending on backlog size and severity mix.

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Pricing

How it's priced

No open-ended hourly billing. You know the scope and the price before work starts.

Audit is quoted up front from your cluster and node count, and makes no changes to the cluster, so the findings stay independent.

Harden is a fixed price against the Audit backlog, paid across two or three milestones. It is never billed as time and materials.

Proof

Related case studies

Engagements with the same starting point, with the environment, scope and results.

Georgia Cyber Range

Secure, multi-tenant cyber range platform on Kubernetes (EKS)

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Client
Georgia Cyber RangeLinkedIn

Designed and deployed a production-grade cybersecurity training platform on AWS using EKS. The engagement established multi-tenant Kubernetes environments with strong isolation, implemented IAM-based access controls, network segmentation, and integrated monitoring and logging to support large-scale offensive and defensive cyber scenarios.

  • Supported 1000+ concurrent isolated cyber lab environments
  • Achieved strong tenant isolation using Kubernetes and network segmentation
  • Enabled real-time monitoring and logging for threat visibility and analysis
AWSKubernetes (EKS)Cloud SecurityDevSecOpsInfrastructure ArchitectureIAM & Access Control

Iacuity Fintech

Production-grade on-prem Kubernetes platform for fintech workloads

Engagement
Secure financial platform infrastructure and release governance
Client
Iacuity FintechLinkedIn

Established a secure, production-grade platform foundation for distributed financial services. The engagement modernized Java and Node.js workloads into containerized services, introduced Apache Kafka for event-driven processing, and created governed CI/CD pipelines for reliable, auditable releases.

  • Enabled scalable transaction-oriented workloads across distributed services
  • Improved resilience through high availability and fault-tolerant platform design
  • Standardized secure release cycles across Java and Node.js service teams
KubernetesApache KafkaDockerDevSecOpsMicroservices

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FAQ

Secure: common questions

The questions buyers ask us most often before booking.

What does a Kubernetes security audit check?

CIS Kubernetes Benchmark controls, RBAC, network policy gaps, secrets management, Pod Security Standards, image provenance and scanning, exposed control-plane and etcd endpoints, and ingress and TLS configuration.

Will the audit change anything on my cluster?

No. The Audit tier is diagnostic only. Keeping it read-only is what makes the score independent. Changes happen only in Harden, against the agreed backlog.

How long does a Kubernetes security audit take?

One to two weeks, depending on the number of clusters and nodes. Hardening usually takes two to six weeks, depending on the size and severity mix of the backlog.

Can you harden a backlog from another auditor?

Yes, if the gap list can be validated. Harden needs a concrete backlog to price against, either from our Audit or a validated list from elsewhere.

What if the audit finds an architecture problem rather than a configuration gap?

Then hardening is the wrong fix. An architecture-level failure routes to a Launchpad rebuild instead, and we say so in the report.

Field notes

Further reading

Hands-on write-ups from the same kind of work.

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