Kubectl PII Catalog: Continuous Discovery and Compliance for Kubernetes Clusters

Kubectl PII Catalog is the missing control plane for tracking and managing personally identifiable information inside Kubernetes clusters. It gives you a machine-readable inventory of every location where PII flows, is stored, or transformed. Instead of hunting through YAML files or guessing at container behavior, you get a clear, queryable catalog that tells you — here is what the system holds, here is where it moves.

Running kubectl pii-catalog connects directly to your cluster and scans workloads for PII markers. Labels, annotations, environment variables, volumes, secrets, and configs are all inspected. The tool builds a full PII map you can store in source control or feed into automated policy engines. You can integrate with admission controllers to block deployments that violate your data governance rules.

A Kubectl PII Catalog reduces blind spots. When developers add new services or pipelines, the catalog updates in real time. CI/CD pipelines can include it as a gating step, ensuring that only compliant workloads ship to production. This makes audits faster and security incidents rarer. It aligns with SOC 2 and GDPR requirements without manual spreadsheet drudgery.

By clustering PII metadata in one accessible object, you gain operational leverage. You can sort by namespace, workload type, or sensitivity level. You can use the catalog to drive encryption policies or to trigger alerts when PII leaves a secure boundary. The more complex your Kubernetes footprint, the more valuable this mapping becomes.

PII is not static. Without continuous discovery, compliance decays. Kubectl PII Catalog keeps the cluster clean, transparent, and accountable. It turns what was invisible into something you can measure and protect.

See how Kubectl PII Catalog works in minutes on hoop.dev — connect your cluster, run the scan, and watch your PII inventory appear live.