CIS benchmark for Linux containers

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Published

May 24, 2022

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • May 2022
    General Availability

Product

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Tag

Compliance
Microsoft Build

Category

Compute
Containers

Description

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) Ubuntu baseline is now available for AKS Ubuntu worker nodes. This security configuration is based on the Azure Linux security baseline which aligns with CIS benchmark. With this baseline, you can now attest to the state of CIS compliance for your Ubuntu worker nodes.

For more information about AKS security, see Security concepts for applications and clusters in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). For more information on the CIS benchmark, see Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks. For more information on the Azure security baselines for Linux, see Linux security baseline.

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