KubeAudit: Independent Assessment of Your Kubernetes Platform
A deep, structured review of your cluster and platform ecosystem. From security, architecture, observability, reliability to operational excellence, all benchmarked against Stakater’s Well-Architected Container Platform (WACP™) framework.

KubeAudit: Independent Assessment of Your Kubernetes Platform
Provide a complete, production-grade Kubernetes platform architecture tailored to your infrastructure, workloads, security, and operational model.
What Is KubeAudit?
KubeAudit is a focused 1–2 week assessment engagement designed to give you complete visibility into the current state of your Kubernetes platform.
Using the WACP™ framework, we examine your clusters, platform tooling, workflows, and operating model against industry best practices. The outcome is a clear, actionable assessment that highlights strengths, exposes risks, and defines exactly what needs to change to reach a secure, scalable, production-ready platform.

Architectural drift

Inconsistent security controls

Operational bottlenecks

Rising costs and unclear ownership
The Problem We Solve
Based on real customer engagements and WACP™ assessment themes:
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Architecture drift from Kubernetes best practices
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Unclear ownership between Dev, Ops, and Security teams
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Missing or misconfigured security controls (RBAC, secrets, ingress, policies)
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Gaps in observability, alerting, and visibility
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Inconsistent operational processes
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Documentation gaps slowing onboarding and incident response
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Inefficient resource usage and avoidable platform costs
What You Get with KubeAudit
Give engineering and leadership teams a clear, unbiased view of their Kubernetes platform, plus prioritized steps to reach production-grade standards. KubeAudit delivers:
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Container Platform Scorecard (executive summary across 7 core areas)
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Full Assessment Report with detailed findings, gaps, and risks
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Actionable Improvement Roadmap
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Architecture and operations recommendations
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Cost, performance, and security optimization guidance
What We Review (Assessment Scope)

Platform Architecture & Configuration
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Cluster setup (control plane, nodes, networking)
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Namespace and tenancy model
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Storage & ingress configuration
Security Posture
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RBAC, IAM integration, and policy enforcement
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Secrets and certificate lifecycle management
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Network policies & pod security standards


Operational Excellence
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Backups & recovery readiness
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Upgrade processes & version alignment
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Documentation and team workflows
Reliability & Performance
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Resource usage and capacity planning
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Node health, scheduling, and failure modes


Observability & Tooling
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Metrics pipelines
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Logging architecture
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Alerting strategy & dashboards
Cost Efficiency
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Workload right-sizing
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Autoscaling strategy
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Overprovisioning analysis

Task List (How KubeAudit Works)

Assess (Stakeholder Interviews & Data Collection)
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Conduct meetings with Platform, Ops, Dev, & Security teams
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Understand goals, pain points, architecture decisions
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Collect cluster state, platform tooling configurations, and workloads overview

Analyze (Deep Technical Review)
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Compare platform against WACP™ best-practice criteria
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Score each area (security, reliability, cost, etc.)
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Identify gaps, risks, and improvement areas (As defined in the Assessment Report section.)

Present (Findings & Recommendations)
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Delivery of Scorecard + Assessment Report
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Executive summary for leadership
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Deep technical walkthrough for engineers
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Prioritized improvement roadmap
Typical Engagement Timeline (2 Weeks)
Week 1
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Stakeholder interviews
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Requirements clarification
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Initial data and configuration review
Week 2
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Full WACP™ analysis
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Scorecard creation
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Assessment report drafting
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Findings presentation and roadmap walkthrough
Engagement Model
Stakater Team
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Platform Architect (Lead Reviewer)
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Senior Kubernetes Consultant (Security, tooling, and operations)
Customer Participants Typically Include
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Platform Architect
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Operations Lead
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App Dev or DevOps Manager
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C-level stakeholders (optional)
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Outputs (What You Receive)

Container Platform Scorecard
An executive-level summary showing maturity across categories such as Security, Reliability, Cost Efficiency, Observability, etc.

Detailed Assessment Report
Comprehensive findings across all factors and sub-factors, with best practice benchmarks and scoring.

Improvement Roadmap
A prioritized action plan to move toward a well-architected, production-grade platform.



