# Platforms - Kube-bench
Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

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# Platforms

## CIS Kubernetes Benchmark support

kube-bench supports running tests for Kubernetes. Most of our supported benchmarks are defined in one of the following: CIS Kubernetes Benchmarks STIG Document Library

Some defined by other hardenening guides.

Source | Kubernetes Benchmark | kube-bench config | Kubernetes versions
--- | --- | --- | ---
CIS | 1.5.1 | cis-1.5 | 1.15
CIS | 1.6.0 | cis-1.6 | 1.16-1.18
CIS | 1.20 | cis-1.20 | 1.19-1.21
CIS | 1.23 | cis-1.23 | 1.22-1.23
CIS | 1.24 | cis-1.24 | 1.24
CIS | 1.7 | cis-1.7 | 1.25
CIS | 1.8 | cis-1.8 | 1.26
CIS | 1.9 | cis-1.9 | 1.27-1.29
CIS | GKE 1.0.0 | gke-1.0 | GKE
CIS | GKE 1.2.0 | gke-1.2.0 | GKE
CIS | GKE 1.6.0 | gke-1.6.0 | GKE
CIS | EKS 1.0.1 | eks-1.0.1 | EKS
CIS | EKS 1.1.0 | eks-1.1.0 | EKS
CIS | EKS 1.2.0 | eks-1.2.0 | EKS
CIS | ACK 1.0.0 | ack-1.0 | ACK
CIS | AKS 1.0.0 | aks-1.0 | AKS
RHEL | RedHat OpenShift hardening guide | rh-0.7 | OCP 3.10-3.11
CIS | OCP4 1.1.0 | rh-1.0 | OCP 4.1-
CIS | 1.6.0-k3s | cis-1.6-k3s | k3s v1.16-v1.24
DISA | Kubernetes Ver 1, Rel 6 | eks-stig-kubernetes-v1r6 | EKS
CIS | TKGI 1.2.53 | tkgi-1.2.53 | vmware
CIS | 1.7.0-rke | rke-cis-1.7 | rke v1.25-v1.27
CIS | 1.7.0-rke2 | rke2-cis-1.6 | rke2 v1.25-v1.27
CIS | 1.7.0-k3s | k3s-cis-1.7 | k3s v1.25-v1.27