Kubernetes Security Essentials: Consistent Security Posture Management Across Your Kubernetes Environments
Dynatrace, Friday, November 6th, 2026
Dynatrace KSPM adds Kubernetes Security Essentials, a default-on profile that checks clusters for common security misconfigurations.
Dynatrace Kubernetes Security Posture Management now includes Kubernetes Security Essentials, a default-on profile that checks supported monitored clusters for common misconfigurations without an additional node-level collector.
It extends consistent posture findings to distributions such as Google GKE, Red Hat OpenShift, K3s and MicroK8s, complementing existing benchmark profiles for Amazon EKS, Microsoft AKS and vanilla Kubernetes.
Checks are evaluated from Kubernetes API objects Dynatrace already collects, and findings link to observability data to help prioritize action.
The goal is continuously updated evidence for security and compliance reviews aligned with frameworks such as the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark, PCI DSS and DORA.