Checklist Summary:

This Benchmark will provide secure configuration recommendations for elements of DigitalOcean's products. The recommendations detailed here are important security considerations when designing your infrastructure on the DigitalOcean platform. The specific DigitalOcean Services in scope for this document include: - Droplet - Kubernetes - Logging and System Monitoring - Spaces - Volumes To obtain the latest version of this guide, please visit http://benchmarks.cisecurity.org. If you have questions, comments, or have identified ways to improve this guide, please write us at [email protected].

Checklist Role:

• Business Productivity Application
• Virtualization Server
• Web Application Server

Known Issues:

Not provided.

Target Audience:

This document is intended for system and application administrators, security specialists, auditors, help desk, platform deployment, and/or DevOps personnel who plan to develop, deploy, assess, or secure solutions using the DigitalOcean platform.

Target Operational Environment:

• Managed

Testing Information:

Not provided.

Regulatory Compliance:

Not provided.

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Not provided.

Disclaimer:

https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite/cis-securesuite-membership-terms-of-use/

Product Support:

https://www.cisecurity.org/support

Point of Contact:

[email protected]

Sponsor:

Not provided.

Licensing:

https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite/cis-securesuite-membership-terms-of-use/

Change History:

Created New Checklist - 12/1/2025
Changed Status to Candidate - 12/09/2025

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NIST checklist record last modified on 12/09/2025