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---
title: Security & Compliance
Retire Prowler image + IaC scans (keep K8s CIS only) (#372)
## Why
Weekly compliance review (2026-06-07) surfaced the toil problem head-on:
| Report | Unmuted findings | Muted | Acted on |
|--------|------------------|-------|----------|
| **K8s CIS (In-Cluster)** | 0 | 65 | clean ✅ |
| **Container Images** | 20,005 (+713 WoW) | 0 | never |
| **IaC (manifests)** | 654 (+31/−30 WoW) | 0 | never |
The image and IaC scans generate tens of thousands of un-actioned, un-muted findings every week:
- **Image scan** — overwhelmingly unpatchable *upstream* base-image CVEs, and it re-scans every historical tag still in the registry (2× paperless, 3× mealie, 4× prowler tags in the latest report), multiplying the count.
- **IaC scan** — systemic Trivy KSV pod-security warnings against our own manifests; real but homelab-acceptable, never muted, so re-surfaced indefinitely.
The K8s CIS scan is the only one with realized value (fully mutelisted, 0 unmuted WoW) and is retained. Matches the broader scaling-back of the reporting system as minikube heads toward retirement.
## Changes
- Delete `cronjob-image-scan.yaml` and `cronjob-iac-scan.yaml` + remove from kustomization
- Drop the now-unused `mutelist/trivyignore.yaml` (only the IaC scan consumed it)
- `review-compliance-reports`: drop the two retired scans (and the grouped-findings rendering that existed solely for them)
- Docs: deploy-prowler (new 'Why only the K8s CIS scan' section), read-compliance-reports, security reference, prowler reference
## Deploy (after review)
```fish
argocd app set prowler --revision retire-prowler-image-iac-scans
argocd app sync prowler # prune removes the two CronJobs
# after merge: argocd app set prowler --revision main && argocd app sync prowler
```
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Reviewed-on: https://forge.eblu.me/eblume/blumeops/pulls/372
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modified: 2026-06-08
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last-reviewed: 2026-03-24
tags:
- operations
- security
---
# Security & Compliance
Security posture and compliance scanning for BlumeOps infrastructure.
## Compliance frameworks
| Framework | Tool | Cluster | Notes |
|-----------|------|---------|-------|
| CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.11 | [[prowler]] | minikube-indri | Weekly CronJob, ~82 checks |
| PCI DSS v4.0 (K8s mapping) | [[prowler]] | minikube-indri | Reuses CIS checks mapped to PCI requirements |
| ISO 27001:2022 (K8s mapping) | [[prowler]] | minikube-indri | Partial — 22 of 92 controls mapped |
## Scanning tools
Retire Prowler image + IaC scans (keep K8s CIS only) (#372)
## Why
Weekly compliance review (2026-06-07) surfaced the toil problem head-on:
| Report | Unmuted findings | Muted | Acted on |
|--------|------------------|-------|----------|
| **K8s CIS (In-Cluster)** | 0 | 65 | clean ✅ |
| **Container Images** | 20,005 (+713 WoW) | 0 | never |
| **IaC (manifests)** | 654 (+31/−30 WoW) | 0 | never |
The image and IaC scans generate tens of thousands of un-actioned, un-muted findings every week:
- **Image scan** — overwhelmingly unpatchable *upstream* base-image CVEs, and it re-scans every historical tag still in the registry (2× paperless, 3× mealie, 4× prowler tags in the latest report), multiplying the count.
- **IaC scan** — systemic Trivy KSV pod-security warnings against our own manifests; real but homelab-acceptable, never muted, so re-surfaced indefinitely.
The K8s CIS scan is the only one with realized value (fully mutelisted, 0 unmuted WoW) and is retained. Matches the broader scaling-back of the reporting system as minikube heads toward retirement.
## Changes
- Delete `cronjob-image-scan.yaml` and `cronjob-iac-scan.yaml` + remove from kustomization
- Drop the now-unused `mutelist/trivyignore.yaml` (only the IaC scan consumed it)
- `review-compliance-reports`: drop the two retired scans (and the grouped-findings rendering that existed solely for them)
- Docs: deploy-prowler (new 'Why only the K8s CIS scan' section), read-compliance-reports, security reference, prowler reference
## Deploy (after review)
```fish
argocd app set prowler --revision retire-prowler-image-iac-scans
argocd app sync prowler # prune removes the two CronJobs
# after merge: argocd app set prowler --revision main && argocd app sync prowler
```
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Reviewed-on: https://forge.eblu.me/eblume/blumeops/pulls/372
2026-06-08 09:30:09 -07:00
- [[prowler]] — CIS Kubernetes Benchmark scanner (weekly CronJob). The container-image CVE scan and IaC scan were retired in 2026-06 (un-actioned noise — see [[deploy-prowler#Why only the K8s CIS scan]]); only the K8s CIS scan remains.
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- [[deploy-prowler]] — deployment and ad-hoc scan how-to
- [[read-compliance-reports]] — accessing and interpreting reports
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- [[kingfisher]] — Secret detection and live validation for Forgejo repos (weekly CronJob + prek hook)
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## Identity & access
- [[authentik]] — SSO/OIDC provider for all web services
- RBAC — Kubernetes role-based access control (audited by Prowler RBAC checks)
## Network & TLS
- [[caddy]] — TLS termination for `*.ops.eblu.me` services
- [[flyio-proxy]] — public ingress via Fly.io tunnel
- Tailscale — zero-trust mesh networking across all nodes
## Secrets management
- [[1password]] — root credential store
- [[external-secrets]] — Kubernetes secrets synced from 1Password
## Reports
All compliance scan reports are stored on `sifaka:/volume1/reports/` . See [[read-compliance-reports]] for access and interpretation.
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Suppressed findings are kept in Prowler mutelist YAML under `argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/` . Each entry's `Description` field explains why the finding is muted; entries are reviewed ad-hoc rather than on a scheduled cadence.
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## Known gaps
- No SOC 2 compliance mapping for Kubernetes (Prowler only maps SOC 2 for AWS/Azure/GCP)
- k3s control plane checks produce no results (embedded binary, no static pods) — consider kube-bench
Retire Prowler image + IaC scans (keep K8s CIS only) (#372)
## Why
Weekly compliance review (2026-06-07) surfaced the toil problem head-on:
| Report | Unmuted findings | Muted | Acted on |
|--------|------------------|-------|----------|
| **K8s CIS (In-Cluster)** | 0 | 65 | clean ✅ |
| **Container Images** | 20,005 (+713 WoW) | 0 | never |
| **IaC (manifests)** | 654 (+31/−30 WoW) | 0 | never |
The image and IaC scans generate tens of thousands of un-actioned, un-muted findings every week:
- **Image scan** — overwhelmingly unpatchable *upstream* base-image CVEs, and it re-scans every historical tag still in the registry (2× paperless, 3× mealie, 4× prowler tags in the latest report), multiplying the count.
- **IaC scan** — systemic Trivy KSV pod-security warnings against our own manifests; real but homelab-acceptable, never muted, so re-surfaced indefinitely.
The K8s CIS scan is the only one with realized value (fully mutelisted, 0 unmuted WoW) and is retained. Matches the broader scaling-back of the reporting system as minikube heads toward retirement.
## Changes
- Delete `cronjob-image-scan.yaml` and `cronjob-iac-scan.yaml` + remove from kustomization
- Drop the now-unused `mutelist/trivyignore.yaml` (only the IaC scan consumed it)
- `review-compliance-reports`: drop the two retired scans (and the grouped-findings rendering that existed solely for them)
- Docs: deploy-prowler (new 'Why only the K8s CIS scan' section), read-compliance-reports, security reference, prowler reference
## Deploy (after review)
```fish
argocd app set prowler --revision retire-prowler-image-iac-scans
argocd app sync prowler # prune removes the two CronJobs
# after merge: argocd app set prowler --revision main && argocd app sync prowler
```
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Reviewed-on: https://forge.eblu.me/eblume/blumeops/pulls/372
2026-06-08 09:30:09 -07:00
- No container-image CVE scanning (the Prowler image scan was retired 2026-06 as un-actioned noise). If reintroduced, scope it to critical-severity, currently-deployed tags, alert-on-new
- No automated IaC misconfiguration scanning (the Prowler IaC scan was retired 2026-06). Manifest pod-security hardening is now an accept-and-document decision rather than a weekly report