Let’s be honest: giving everyone admin access to your cluster is fast… until it isn’t. Enter RBAC, short for Role-Based Access Control—Kubernetes’ way of saying “hold up, who let you in here?” RBAC defines who can perform what actions on which resources—like a VIP list for your Kubernetes API server. What Is RBAC? RBAC …

What Are Network Policies? In Kubernetes, a NetworkPolicy is like a bouncer for your pods. It checks who’s allowed to talk to whom and kicks out anything not on the guest list. By default, Kubernetes is a friendly party where everyone can chat with everyone else—great for sociability, terrible for security. Network …