Supported compliance profiles - Compliance Operator | Security and compliance

There are several profiles available as part of the Compliance Operator (CO) installation. While you can use the following profiles to assess gaps in a cluster, usage alone does not infer or guarantee compliance with a particular profile and is not an auditor.

In order to be compliant or certified under these various standards, you need to engage an authorized auditor such as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), Joint Authorization Board (JAB), or other industry recognized regulatory authority to assess your environment. You are required to work with an authorized auditor to achieve compliance with a standard.

The Compliance Operator might report incorrect results on some managed platforms, such as OpenShift Dedicated and Azure Red Hat OpenShift. For more information, see the Red Hat Knowledgebase Solution #6983418.

Compliance profiles

The Compliance Operator provides the following compliance profiles:

Table 1. Supported compliance profiles
Profile	Profile title	Application	Compliance Operator version	Industry compliance benchmark	Supported architectures	Supported platforms
rhcos4-stig	Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guide (DISA STIG) for Red Hat Openshift	Node	1.3.0+	DISA-STIG ^[1]	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-stig-node	Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guide (DISA STIG) for Red Hat Openshift	Node	1.3.0+	DISA-STIG ^[1]	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-stig	Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guide (DISA STIG) for Red Hat Openshift	Platform	1.3.0+	DISA-STIG ^[1]	`x86_64`
ocp4-cis-1-4	CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Benchmark v1.4.0	Platform	1.2.0+	CIS Benchmarks ™ ^[1]	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`
ocp4-cis-node-1-4	CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Benchmark v1.4.0	Node ^[2]	1.2.0+	CIS Benchmarks ™ ^[1]	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-cis	CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Benchmark v1.5.0	Platform	1.4.1+	CIS Benchmarks ™ ^[1]	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`
ocp4-cis-node	CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Benchmark v1.5.0	Node ^[2]	1.4.1+	CIS Benchmarks ™ ^[1]	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-e8	Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential Eight	Platform	0.1.39+	ACSC Hardening Linux Workstations and Servers	`x86_64`
ocp4-moderate	NIST 800-53 Moderate-Impact Baseline for Red Hat OpenShift - Platform level	Platform	0.1.39+	NIST SP-800-53 Release Search	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`
rhcos4-e8	Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential Eight	Node	0.1.39+	ACSC Hardening Linux Workstations and Servers	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
rhcos4-moderate	NIST 800-53 Moderate-Impact Baseline for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS	Node	0.1.39+	NIST SP-800-53 Release Search	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-moderate-node	NIST 800-53 Moderate-Impact Baseline for Red Hat OpenShift - Node level	Node ^[2]	0.1.44+	NIST SP-800-53 Release Search	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-nerc-cip	North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) cybersecurity standards profile for the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - Platform level	Platform	0.1.44+	NERC CIP Standards	`x86_64`
ocp4-nerc-cip-node	North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) cybersecurity standards profile for the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - Node level	Node ^[2]	0.1.44+	NERC CIP Standards	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
rhcos4-nerc-cip	North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) cybersecurity standards profile for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS	Node	0.1.44+	NERC CIP Standards	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-pci-dss	PCI-DSS v3.2.1 Control Baseline for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Platform	0.1.47+	PCI Security Standards® Council Document Library	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`
ocp4-pci-dss-node	PCI-DSS v3.2.1 Control Baseline for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Node ^[2]	0.1.47+	PCI Security Standards® Council Document Library	`x86_64` `ppc64le` `s390x`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
ocp4-high	NIST 800-53 High-Impact Baseline for Red Hat OpenShift - Platform level	Platform	0.1.52+	NIST SP-800-53 Release Search	`x86_64`
ocp4-high-node	NIST 800-53 High-Impact Baseline for Red Hat OpenShift - Node level	Node ^[2]	0.1.52+	NIST SP-800-53 Release Search	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+
rhcos4-high	NIST 800-53 High-Impact Baseline for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS	Node	0.1.52+	NIST SP-800-53 Release Search	`x86_64`	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes (ROSA HCP) - requires 1.5.0+

To locate the CIS OpenShift Container Platform v4 Benchmark, go to CIS Benchmarks and click Download Latest CIS Benchmark, where you can then register to download the benchmark.
Node profiles must be used with the relevant Platform profile. For more information, see Compliance Operator profile types.

About extended compliance profiles

Some compliance profiles have controls that require following industry best practices, resulting in some profiles extending others. Combining the Center for Internet Security (CIS) best practices with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) security frameworks establishes a path to a secure and compliant environment.

For example, the NIST High-Impact and Moderate-Impact profiles extend the CIS profile to achieve compliance. As a result, extended compliance profiles eliminate the need to run both profiles in a single cluster.

Table 2. Profile extensions
Profile	Extends
ocp4-pci-dss	ocp4-cis
ocp4-pci-dss-node	ocp4-cis-node
ocp4-high	ocp4-cis
ocp4-high-node	ocp4-cis-node
ocp4-moderate	ocp4-cis
ocp4-moderate-node	ocp4-cis-node
ocp4-nerc-cip	ocp4-moderate
ocp4-nerc-cip-node	ocp4-moderate-node

Additional resources

Compliance Operator profile types