Systems and methods for protecting pod deployment

A method, comprising:

• generating, by a pod deployment tool operating on a computing device, a security context profile;
• associating, by the pod deployment tool, the security context profile with a deployment rule;
• associating, by the pod deployment tool, a vulnerability level with the deployment rule;
• identifying, by the pod deployment tool, pod policies associated with a pod located within a cluster of a network;
• analyzing, by the pod deployment tool, conditions of the deployment rule using the pod policies, wherein the conditions of the deployment rule are associated with the security context profile and the vulnerability level;
• and
• determining, by the pod deployment tool, whether to allow deployment of the pod within the network in response to analyzing the conditions of the deployment rule.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• generating a security context profile;
• associating the security context profile with a deployment rule;
• associating a vulnerability level with the deployment rule;
• identifying pod policies associated with a pod located within a cluster of a network;
• analyzing, using the pod policies, conditions of the deployment rule, wherein the conditions of the deployment rule are associated with the security context profile and the vulnerability level;
• and
• determining whether to allow deployment of the pod located within the cluster of the network in response to analyzing the conditions of the deployment rule.