diff --git a/cfg/federated.yaml b/cfg/1.6/federated.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from cfg/federated.yaml
rename to cfg/1.6/federated.yaml
index fbff661942cf0fb42b66939e8584b3212fb26e52..c0e10210dc306ba836f9669806831929461412e0 100644
--- a/cfg/federated.yaml
+++ b/cfg/1.6/federated.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 controls:
+version: 1.6
 id: 3
 text: "Federated Deployments"
 type: "federated"
diff --git a/cfg/1.6/master.yaml b/cfg/1.6/master.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..209f31d3907b81990d4ff5a4ef9e06102486e1b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg/1.6/master.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,966 @@
+---
+controls:
+version: 1.6
+id: 1
+text: "Master Node Security Configuration"
+type: "master"
+groups:
+- id: 1.1
+  text: "API Server"
+  checks:
+    - id: 1.1.1
+      text: "Ensure that the --allow-privileged argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "allow-privileged"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: false
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set 
+              the KUBE_ALLOW_PRIV parameter to \"--allow-privileged=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.2
+      text: "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--anonymous-auth"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: false
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set 
+              the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--anonymous-auth=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.3
+      text: "Ensure that the --basic-auth-file argument is not set (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--basic-auth-file"
+          set: false
+      remediation: "Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for 
+              authentication. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master 
+              node and remove the \"--basic-auth-file=<filename>\" argument from the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.4
+      text: "Ensure that the --insecure-allow-any-token argument is not set (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag:  "--insecure-allow-any-token"
+          set: false
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove 
+              the --insecure-allow-any-token argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.5
+      text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-https argument is set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests: 
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--kubelet-https"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: true
+          set: true
+        - flag: "--kubelet-https"
+          set: false
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove 
+              the --kubelet-https argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.6
+      text: "Ensure that the --insecure-bind-address argument is not set (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--insecure-bind-address"
+          set: false
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove 
+              the --insecure-bind-address argument from the KUBE_API_ADDRESS parameter."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.7
+      text: "Ensure that the --insecure-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--insecure-port"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: 0
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set
+              --insecure-port=0 in the KUBE_API_PORT parameter."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.8
+      text: "Ensure that the --secure-port argument is not set to 0 (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests: 
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag:  "--secure-port"
+            compare:
+              op: gt
+              value: 0
+            set: true
+          - flag: "--secure-port"
+            set: false
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and either 
+              remove the --secure-port argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter or set 
+              it to a different desired port."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.9
+      text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--profiling"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: false
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--profiling=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.10
+      text: "Ensure that the --repair-malformed-updates argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--repair-malformed-updates"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: false
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--repair-malformed-updates=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.11
+      text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is not set to AlwaysAdmit (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--admission-control"
+          compare:
+            op: nothave
+            value: AlwaysAdmit 
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to a value that does not include AlwaysAdmit"
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 1.1.12
+      text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to AlwaysPullImages (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--admission-control"
+          compare:
+            op: has
+            value: "AlwaysPullImages"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=...,AlwaysPullImages,...\""
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 1.1.13
+      text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to DenyEscalatingExec (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--admission-control"
+          compare:
+            op: has
+            value: "DenyEscalatingExec"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=...,DenyEscalatingExec,...\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.14
+      text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to SecurityContextDeny (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--admission-control"
+          compare:
+            op: has
+            value: "SecurityContextDeny"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=...,SecurityContextDeny,...\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.15
+      text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to NamespaceLifecycle (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "admission-control"
+          compare:
+            op: has
+            value: "NamespaceLifecycle"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,...\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.16
+      text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-path argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--audit-log-path"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-path=<filename>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.17
+      text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxage argument is set to 30 or as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--audit-log-maxage"
+          compare:
+            op: gte
+            value: 30
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-maxage=30\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.18
+      text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxbackup argument is set to 10 or as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--audit-log-maxbackup"
+          compare:
+            op: gte
+            value: 10
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-maxbackup=10\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.19
+      text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxsize argument is set to 100 or as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--audit-log-maxsize"
+          compare:
+            op: gte
+            value: 100
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-maxsize=100\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.20
+      text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--authorization-mode"
+          compare:
+            op: nothave
+            value: "AlwaysAllow"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to values other than \"--authorization-mode=AlwaysAllow\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.21
+      text: "Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--token-auth-file"
+          set: false
+      remediation: "Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication. 
+              Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove the 
+              \"--tokenauth-file=<filename>\" argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter."
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 1.1.22
+      text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-certificate-authority argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--kubelet-certificate-authority"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup the TLS connection between 
+              the apiserver and kubelets. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the 
+              master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to 
+              \"--kubelet-certificate-authority=<ca-string>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.23
+      text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: and
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--kubelet-client-certificate"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "--kubelet-client-key"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the apiserver 
+              and kubelets. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--kubelet-clientcertificate=<path/to/client-certificate-file>\" 
+              and \"--kubelet-clientkey=<path/to/client-key-file>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.24
+      text: "Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--service-account-lookup"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: true
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter 
+              to \"--service-account-lookup=true\""
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 1.1.25
+      text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to PodSecurityPolicy (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--admission-control"
+          compare:
+            op: has
+            value: "PodSecurityPolicy"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the documentation and create Pod Security Policy objects as per your environment. 
+              Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL 
+              parameter to \"--admission-control=...,PodSecurityPolicy,...\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.26
+      text: "Ensure that the --service-account-key-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--service-account-key-file"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS 
+              parameter to \"--service-account-key-file=<filename>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.27
+      text: "Ensure that the --etcd-certfile and --etcd-keyfile arguments are set as appropriate (Scored"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: and
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--etcd-certfile"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "--etcd-keyfile"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the apiserver 
+              and etcd. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to include \"--etcd-certfile=<path/to/clientcertificate-file>\" 
+              and \"--etcd-keyfile=<path/to/client-key-file>\""
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 1.1.28
+      text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to ServiceAccount (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--admission-control"
+          compare:
+            op: has
+            value: "ServiceAccount"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the documentation and create ServiceAccount objects as per your environment. 
+              Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admissioncontrol=...,ServiceAccount,...\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.29
+      text: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: and
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--tls-cert-file"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "--tls-private-key-file"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the apiserver. 
+              Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to 
+              include \"--tls-cert-file=<path/to/tls-certificatefile>\" and 
+              \"--tls-private-key-file=<path/to/tls-key-file>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.30
+      text: "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--client-ca-file"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the apiserver. 
+              Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to include \"--client-ca-file=<path/to/client-ca-file>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.1.31
+      text: "Ensure that the --etcd-cafile argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--etcd-cafile"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the apiserver 
+              and etcd. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to include \"--etcd-cafile=<path/to/ca-file>\""
+      scored: true
+
+- id: 1.2
+  text: "Scheduler"
+  checks:
+    - id: 1.2.1
+      text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $schedulerbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--profiling"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: false
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $schedulerconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_SCHEDULER_ARGS 
+              parameter to \"--profiling=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+- id: 1.3
+  text: "Controller Manager"
+  checks:
+    - id: 1.3.1
+      text: "Ensure that the --terminated-pod-gc-threshold argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--terminated-pod-gc-threshold"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to \"--terminated-pod-gcthreshold=<appropriate-number>\""
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 1.3.2
+      text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--profiling"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: false
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to \"--profiling=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.3.3
+      text: "Ensure that the --insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group argument is not set (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group"
+          set: false
+      remediation: "Edit the /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager file on the master node and remove the 
+              --insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group argument from the
+              KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter."
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 1.3.4
+      text: "Ensure that the --use-service-account-credentials argument is set"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--use-service-account-credentials"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: true
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to --use-service-account-credentials=true"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.3.5
+      text: "Ensure that the --service-account-private-key-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--service-account-private-key-file"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to --service-account-private-keyfile=<filename>"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.3.6
+      text: "Ensure that the --root-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "--root-ca-file"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to include --root-ca-file=<file>"
+      scored: true
+ 
+- id: 1.4
+  text: "Configure Files"
+  checks:
+    - id: 1.4.1
+      text: "Ensure that the apiserver file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      # audit: "/bin/bash -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %a $apiserverconf; fi'"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %a $apiserverconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "644"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "644"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "640"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "640"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "600"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "600"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $apiserverconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.2
+      text: "Ensure that the apiserver file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %U:%G $apiserverconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "root:root"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "root:root"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $apiserverconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.3
+      text: "Ensure that the config file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $config; then stat -c %a $config; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "644"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "644"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "640"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "640"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "600"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "600"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $config"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.4
+      text: "Ensure that the config file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $config; then stat -c %U:%G $config; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "root:root"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "root:root"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $config"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.5
+      text: "Ensure that the scheduler file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $schedulerconf; then stat -c %a $schedulerconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "644"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "644"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "640"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "640"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "600"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "600"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $schedulerconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.6
+      text: "Ensure that the scheduler file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $schedulerconf; then stat -c %U:%G $schedulerconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "root:root"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "root:root"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $schedulerconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.7
+      text: "Ensure that the etcd.conf file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $etcdconf; then stat -c %a $etcdconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "644"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "644"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "640"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "640"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "600"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "600"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $etcdconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.8
+      text: "Ensure that the etcd.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $etcdconf; then stat -c %U:%G $etcdconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "root:root"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "root:root"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $etcdconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.9
+      text: "Ensure that the flanneld file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $flanneldconf; then stat -c %a $flanneldconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "644"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "644"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "640"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "640"
+          set: true
+        - flag: "600"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "600"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $flanneldconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.10
+      text: "Ensure that the flanneld file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $flanneldconf; then stat -c %U:%G $flanneldconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "root:root"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "root:root"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $flanneldconf"
+      scored: true
+      
+    - id: 1.4.11
+      text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %a"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "700"
+          compare:
+            op: eq
+            value: "700"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "On the etcd server node, get the etcd data directory, passed as an argument --data-dir ,
+              from the below command:\n
+              ps -ef | grep $etcdbin\n
+              Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,\n
+              chmod 700 /var/lib/etcd/default.etcd"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.4.12
+      text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %U:%G"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+        - flag: "etcd:etcd"
+          set: true
+      remediation: "On the etcd server node, get the etcd data directory, passed as an argument --data-dir ,
+              from the below command:\n
+                      ps -ef | grep etcd\n
+              Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,\n
+                      chown etcd:etcd /var/lib/etcd/default.etcd"
+      scored: true
+
+- id: 1.5
+  text: "etcd"
+  checks:
+    - id: 1.5.1
+      text: "Ensure that the --cert-file and --key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--cert-file"
+            set: true
+          - flag:  "--key-file"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the etcd service documentation and configure TLS encryption."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.2
+      text: "Ensure that the --client-cert-auth argument is set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--client-cert-auth"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: true
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the etcd envrironment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the 
+              etcd server node and set the ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH parameter to \"true\". 
+              Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) 
+              and configure the startup parameter for --clientcert-auth and set it to \"${ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH}\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.3
+      text: "Ensure that the --auto-tls argument is not set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--auto-tls"
+            set: false
+          - flag: "--auto-tls"
+            compare:
+              op: neq
+              value: true
+      remediation: "Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server 
+              node and comment out the ETCD_AUTO_TLS parameter. Edit the etcd startup file (for example, 
+              /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and remove the startup parameter 
+              for --auto-tls."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.4
+      text: "Ensure that the --peer-cert-file and --peer-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--peer-cert-file"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "--peer-key-file"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Note: This recommendation is applicable only for etcd clusters. If you are using only 
+              one etcd server in your environment then this recommendation is not applicable. 
+              Follow the etcd service documentation and configure peer TLS encryption as appropriate for 
+              your etcd cluster."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.5
+      text: "Ensure that the --peer-client-cert-auth argument is set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--peer-client-cert-auth"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: true
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Note: This recommendation is applicable only for etcd clusters. If you are using only 
+              one etcd server in your environment then this recommendation is not applicable.
+              Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node 
+              and set the ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH parameter to \"true\". Edit the etcd startup file 
+              (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and configure the 
+              startup parameter for --peer-client-cert-auth and set it to \"${ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH}\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.6
+      text: "Ensure that the --peer-auto-tls argument is not set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--peer-auto-tls"
+            set: false
+          - flag: "--peer-auto-tls"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: false
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Note: This recommendation is applicable only for etcd clusters. 
+              If you are using only one etcd server in your environment then this recommendation is 
+              not applicable. Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) 
+              on the etcd server node and comment out the ETCD_PEER_AUTO_TLS parameter. 
+              Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) 
+              and remove the startup parameter for --peer-auto-tls."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.7
+      text: "Ensure that the --wal-dir argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--wal-dir"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node 
+              and set the ETCD_WAL_DIR parameter as appropriate. Edit the etcd startup file (for example, 
+              /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and configure the startup parameter for 
+              --wal-dir and set it to \"${ETCD_WAL_DIR}\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.8
+      text: "Ensure that the --max-wals argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--max-wals"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: 0
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node 
+              and set the ETCD_MAX_WALS parameter to 0. Edit the etcd startup file (for example, 
+              /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and configure the startup parameter 
+              for --max-wals and set it to \"${ETCD_MAX_WALS}\"."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 1.5.9
+      text: "Ensure that a unique Certificate Authority is used for etcd (Not Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--trusted-ca-file"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the etcd documentation and create a dedicated certificate authority setup for the 
+              etcd service."
+      scored: false 
+
+- id: 1.6
+  text: "General Security Primitives"
+  checks:
+    - id: 1.6.1
+      text: "Ensure that the cluster-admin role is only used where required (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Remove any unneeded clusterrolebindings: kubectl delete clusterrolebinding [name]"
+      scored: false
+
+    - id: 1.6.2
+      text: "Create Pod Security Policies for your cluster (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Follow the documentation and create and enforce Pod Security Policies for your cluster.
+              Additionally, you could refer the \"CIS Security Benchmark for Docker\" and follow the
+              suggested Pod Security Policies for your environment."
+      scored: false
+
+    - id: 1.6.3
+      text: "Create administrative boundaries between resources using namespaces (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Follow the documentation and create namespaces for objects in your deployment as you
+              need them."
+      scored: false
+
+    - id: 1.6.4
+      text: "Create network segmentation using Network Policies (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Follow the documentation and create NetworkPolicy objects as you need them."
+      scored: false
+
+    - id: 1.6.5
+      text: "Avoid using Kubernetes Secrets (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Use other mechanisms such as vaults to manage your cluster secrets."
+      scored: false
+
+
+    - id: 1.6.6
+      text: "Ensure that the seccomp profile is set to docker/default in your pod definitions (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Seccomp is an alpha feature currently. By default, all alpha features are disabled. So, you
+              would need to enable alpha features in the apiserver by passing \"--feature-
+              gates=AllAlpha=true\" argument.\n
+              Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS
+              parameter to \"--feature-gates=AllAlpha=true\"
+              KUBE_API_ARGS=\"--feature-gates=AllAlpha=true\""
+      scored: false
+
+    - id: 1.6.7
+      text: "Apply Security Context to Your Pods and Containers (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and apply security contexts to your pods. For a
+              suggested list of security contexts, you may refer to the CIS Security Benchmark for Docker
+              Containers."
+      scored: false
+
+    - id: 1.6.8
+      text: "Configure Image Provenance using ImagePolicyWebhook admission controller (Not Scored)"
+      type: "manual"
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup image provenance."
+      scored: false
diff --git a/cfg/1.6/node.yaml b/cfg/1.6/node.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93447248a7630043cb3a079d4ec8bba65a9144a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg/1.6/node.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+---
+controls:
+version: 1.6
+id: 2
+text: "Worker Node Security Configuration"
+type: "node"
+groups:
+- id: 2.1
+  text: "Kubelet"
+  checks:
+    - id: 2.1.1
+      text: "Ensure that the --allow-privileged argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--allow-privileged"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: false
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $config file on each node and set the KUBE_ALLOW_PRIV 
+              parameter to \"--allow-privileged=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.2
+      text: "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--anonymous-auth"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: false
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on the master node and set the 
+              KUBELET_ARGS parameter to \"--anonymous-auth=false\""
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 2.1.3
+      text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--authorization-mode"
+            compare:
+              op: nothave
+              value: "AlwaysAllow"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the 
+              KUBELET_ARGS parameter to \"--authorization-mode=Webhook\""
+      scored: true
+   
+    - id: 2.1.4
+      text: "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--client-ca-file"
+            set: true 
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup the TLS connection between 
+              the apiserver and kubelets. Then, edit the $kubeletconf file on each node 
+              and set the KUBELET_ARGS parameter to \"--client-ca-file=<path/to/client-ca-file>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.5
+      text: "Ensure that the --read-only-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--read-only-port"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: 0
+            set: true 
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the KUBELET_ARGS 
+              parameter to \"--read-only-port=0\""
+      scored: true
+ 
+    - id: 2.1.6
+      text: "Ensure that the --streaming-connection-idle-timeout argument is not set to 0 (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--streaming-connection-idle-timeout"
+            compare:
+              op: gt
+              value: 0
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the KUBELET_ARGS 
+              parameter to \"--streaming-connection-idle-timeout=<appropriate-timeout-value>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.7
+      text: "Ensure that the --protect-kernel-defaults argument is set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--protect-kernel-defaults"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: true
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the KUBELET_ARGS 
+              parameter to \"--protect-kernel-defaults=true\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.8
+      text: "Ensure that the --make-iptables-util-chains argument is set to true (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--make-iptables-util-chains"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: true
+            set: true
+          - flag: "--make-iptables-util-chains"
+            set: false
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and remove the 
+              --make-iptables-util-chains argument from the KUBELET_ARGS parameter."
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.9
+      text: "Ensure that the --keep-terminated-pod-volumes argument is set to false (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--keep-terminated-pod-volumes"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: false
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the KUBELET_ARGS 
+              parameter to \"--keep-terminated-pod-volumes=false\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.10
+      text: "Ensure that the --hostname-override argument is not set (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--hostname-override"
+            set: false
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the KUBELET_HOSTNAME 
+              parameter to \"\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.11
+      text: "Ensure that the --event-qps argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--event-qps"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: 0
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the KUBELET_ARGS 
+              parameter to \"--event-qps=0\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.12
+      text: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--tls-cert-file"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "--tls-private-key-file"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the Kubelet. 
+              Then, edit the $kubeletconf file on the master node and set the KUBELET_ARGS 
+              parameter to include \"--tls-cert-file=<path/to/tls-certificate-file>\" and 
+              \"--tls-private-key-file=<path/to/tls-key-file>\""
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.1.13
+      text: "Ensure that the --cadvisor-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
+      audit: "ps -ef | grep $kubeletbin | grep -v grep"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "--cadvisor-port"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: 0
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Edit the $kubeletconf file on each node and set the KUBELET_ARGS parameter 
+              to \"--cadvisor-port=0\""
+      scored: true
+
+- id: 2.2
+  text: "Configuration Files"
+  checks:
+    - id: 2.2.1
+      text: "Ensure that the config file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $config; then stat -c %a $config; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "644"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "644"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "640"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "640"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "600"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "600"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $config"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.2.2
+      text: "Ensure that the config file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $config; then stat -c %U:%G $config; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "root:root"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: root:root
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $config"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.2.3
+      text: "Ensure that the kubelet file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c %a $kubeletconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "644"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: 644
+            set: true
+          - flag: "640"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "640"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "600"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "600"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $kubeletconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.2.4
+      text: "Ensure that the kubelet file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "root:root"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $kubeletconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.2.5
+      text: "Ensure that the proxy file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $proxyconf; then stat -c %a $proxyconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        bin_op: or
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "644"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "644"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "640"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "640"
+            set: true
+          - flag: "600"
+            compare:
+              op: eq
+              value: "600"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. 
+              \nFor example, chmod 644 $proxyconf"
+      scored: true
+
+    - id: 2.2.6
+      text: "Ensure that the proxy file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $proxyconf; then stat -c %U:%G $proxyconf; fi'"
+      tests:
+        test_items:
+          - flag: "root:root"
+            set: true
+      remediation: "Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. 
+              \nFor example, chown root:root $proxyconf"
+      scored: true
diff --git a/cfg/1.7/federated.yaml b/cfg/1.7/federated.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0c27dc15395860c5d51ebef534a0809bd441c21e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg/1.7/federated.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+---
+controls:
+version: 1.7
+id: 3
+text: "Federated Deployments"
+type: "federated"
+groups:
+- id: 3.1
+  text: "Federation API Server"
+  checks:
+     - id: 3.1.1
+       text: "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+           - flag: "--anonymous-auth"
+             compare:
+               op: eq
+               value: false
+             set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --anonymous-auth=false.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.2
+       text: "Ensure that the --basic-auth-file argument is not set (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+           - flag: "--basic-auth-file"
+             set: false
+       remediation: "Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication.
+               Then, edit the deployment specs and remove \"--basic-auth-file=<filename>\".\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+  
+     - id: 3.1.3
+       text: "Ensure that the --insecure-allow-any-token argument is not set (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+           - flag: "--insecure-allow-any-token"
+             set: false
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and remove --insecure-allow-any-token.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system" 
+       scored: true
+ 
+     - id: 3.1.4
+       text: "Ensure that the --insecure-bind-address argument is not set (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+           - flag: "--insecure-bind-address"
+             set: false
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and remove --insecure-bind-address.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.5
+       text: "Ensure that the --insecure-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--insecure-port"
+           compare:
+             op: eq
+             value: 0
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --insecure-port=0.\n
+              kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.6
+       text: "Ensure that the --secure-port argument is not set to 0 (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests: 
+         bin_op: or
+         test_items:
+           - flag:  "--secure-port"
+             compare:
+               op: gt
+               value: 0
+             set: true
+           - flag: "--secure-port"
+             set: false
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set the --secure-port argument to the desired port.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.7
+       text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--profiling"
+           compare:
+             op: eq
+             value: false
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set \"--profiling=false\".\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       score: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.8
+       text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is not set to AlwaysAdmit (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--admission-control"
+           compare:
+             op: nothave
+             value: AlwaysAdmit 
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --admission-control argument to a value that does 
+               not include AlwaysAdmit.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.9
+       text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to NamespaceLifecycle (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "admission-control"
+           compare:
+             op: has
+             value: "NamespaceLifecycle"
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --admission-control argument to a value that includes NamespaceLifecycle.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.10
+       text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-path argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--audit-log-path"
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --audit-log-path argument as appropriate.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+  
+     - id: 3.1.11
+       text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxage argument is set to 30 or as appropriate (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--audit-log-maxage"
+           compare:
+             op: gte
+             value: 30
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --audit-log-maxage to 30 or as appropriate.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+               
+     - id: 3.1.12
+       text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxbackup argument is set to 10 or as appropriate (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--audit-log-maxbackup"
+           compare:
+             op: gte
+             value: 10
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --audit-log-maxbackup to 10 or as appropriate.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.13
+       text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxsize argument is set to 100 or as appropriate (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--audit-log-maxsize"
+           compare:
+             op: gte
+             value: 100
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --audit-log-maxsize=100 to 100 or as appropriate.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.14
+       text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--authorization-mode"
+           compare:
+             op: nothave
+             value: "AlwaysAllow"
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --authorization-mode argument to a value other than AlwaysAllow.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+ 
+     - id: 3.1.15
+       text: "Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--token-auth-file"
+           set: false
+       remediation: "Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication.
+               Then, edit the deployment specs and remove the --token-auth-file=<filename> argument.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+  
+     - id: 3.1.16
+       text: "Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--service-account-lookup"
+           compare:
+             op: eq
+             value: true
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set \"--service-account-lookup=true\".\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.17
+       text: "Ensure that the --service-account-key-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--service-account-key-file"
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set --service-account-key-file argument as appropriate.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.18
+       text: "Ensure that the --etcd-certfile and --etcd-keyfile arguments are set as appropriate (Scored"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         bin_op: and
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--etcd-certfile"
+           set: true
+         - flag: "--etcd-keyfile"
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the
+               federation apiserver and etcd. Then, edit the deployment specs and set \"--etcd-
+               certfile=<path/to/client-certificate-file>\" and \"--etcd-
+               keyfile=<path/to/client-key-file>\" arguments.\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+     - id: 3.1.19
+       text: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedapiserverbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         bin_op: and
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--tls-cert-file"
+           set: true
+         - flag: "--tls-private-key-file"
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the federation
+               apiserver. Then, edit the deployment specs and set \"--tls-cert-file=<path/to/tls-
+               certificate-file>\" and \"--tls-private-key-file=<path/to/tls-key-file>\" :
+                       kubectl edit deployments federation-apiserver-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
+
+- id: 3.2
+  text: "Federation Controller Manager"
+  checks:
+     - id: 3.2.1
+       text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
+       audit: "ps -ef | grep $fedcontrollermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
+       tests:
+         test_items:
+         - flag: "--profiling"
+           compare:
+             op: eq
+             value: false
+           set: true
+       remediation: "Edit the deployment specs and set \"--profiling=false\".\n
+               kubectl edit deployments federation-controller-manager-deployment --namespace=federation-system"
+       scored: true
diff --git a/cfg/master.yaml b/cfg/1.7/master.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from cfg/master.yaml
rename to cfg/1.7/master.yaml
index dc9295e4b99646751ffaef7e7062f97b95a17945..a306eef2ac691bc1f82d5d12220085582509ee1b 100644
--- a/cfg/master.yaml
+++ b/cfg/1.7/master.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 controls:
+version: 1.7
 id: 1
 text: "Master Node Security Configuration"
 type: "master"
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ groups:
       scored: true
 
     - id: 1.1.23
-      text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-clientkey arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
+      text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
       audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
       tests:
         bin_op: and
diff --git a/cfg/node.yaml b/cfg/1.7/node.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from cfg/node.yaml
rename to cfg/1.7/node.yaml
index 0a1c0b68dc4e2284c31251247ee2d67042748e98..de0f8b5157b0b0980df10ffb069e3bb39f794e3b 100644
--- a/cfg/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/1.7/node.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 controls:
+version: 1.7
 id: 2
 text: "Worker Node Security Configuration"
 type: "node"
diff --git a/check/controls.go b/check/controls.go
index dfea0067178a0b1436669852993716d572104ae9..909adb7b4b77706baccf62f566ad22370ba7601f 100644
--- a/check/controls.go
+++ b/check/controls.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 // Controls holds all controls to check for master nodes.
 type Controls struct {
 	ID     string `yaml:"id"`
+	Version string
 	Text   string
 	Type   NodeType
 	Groups []*Group
diff --git a/check/controls_test.go b/check/controls_test.go
index ef9b1f4cf2576c12c29cc580f606d24e3a6fd4ed..3cf9b60f221878f9c205bb084a70ef6df3a6ef01 100644
--- a/check/controls_test.go
+++ b/check/controls_test.go
@@ -11,22 +11,31 @@ const cfgDir = "../cfg/"
 
 // validate that the files we're shipping are valid YAML
 func TestYamlFiles(t *testing.T) {
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(cfgDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error reading %s directory: %v", cfgDir, err)
-	}
-	for _, file := range files {
-		fileName := file.Name()
-		in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cfgDir + fileName)
+	// TODO: make this list dynamic
+	dirs := []string{"1.6/", "1.7/"}
+
+	for _, dir := range dirs {
+		dir = cfgDir + dir
+
+		files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("error opening file %s: %v", fileName, err)
+			t.Fatalf("error reading %s directory: %v", dir, err)
 		}
 
-		c := new(Controls)
+		for _, file := range files {
 
-		err = yaml.Unmarshal(in, c)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to load YAML from %s: %v", fileName, err)
+			fileName := file.Name()
+			in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(dir + fileName)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("error opening file %s: %v", fileName, err)
+			}
+
+			c := new(Controls)
+
+			err = yaml.Unmarshal(in, c)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to load YAML from %s: %v", fileName, err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index 3708d1fb1a6feb91d12a2269132c6c20e0b6f71c..0e4bbb09445a694abd3220a8a28cfc1d2e8262ef 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ func runChecks(t check.NodeType) {
 		file = federatedFile
 	}
 
-	in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	ver := getKubeVersion()
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", cfgDir, ver.Server, file)
+	in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		exitWithError(fmt.Errorf("error opening %s controls file: %v", t, err))
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/federated.go b/cmd/federated.go
index 1ebc2511e49589a4c358600785eaad9c2d8097a8..0f9dbf32030b872d04b5895e4221a3fbe2470545 100644
--- a/cmd/federated.go
+++ b/cmd/federated.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 	federatedCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&federatedFile,
 		"file",
 		"f",
-		cfgDir+"/federated.yaml",
+		"/federated.yaml",
 		"Alternative YAML file for federated checks",
 	)
 
diff --git a/cmd/master.go b/cmd/master.go
index b702615b39a317f311d27e42b67b5ec8a2947634..1659d38549f6bd473d5b6945561fe69f8b7f1fab 100644
--- a/cmd/master.go
+++ b/cmd/master.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 	masterCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&masterFile,
 		"file",
 		"f",
-		cfgDir+"/master.yaml",
+		"/master.yaml",
 		"Alternative YAML file for master checks",
 	)
 
diff --git a/cmd/node.go b/cmd/node.go
index 9ea68bab8b4adbdc011e29df0623a6c503fa3c8c..b07ed7e0df1cc21d86916beac73f742a3d2af037 100644
--- a/cmd/node.go
+++ b/cmd/node.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 	nodeCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&nodeFile,
 		"file",
 		"f",
-		cfgDir+"/node.yaml",
+		"/node.yaml",
 		"Alternative YAML file for node checks",
 	)
 
diff --git a/cmd/util.go b/cmd/util.go
index 4d96c514cc87568fabb7815e5b38a8e3883bcf87..b186d56fbbdded0d195d51ccc6fb05ca319a640f 100644
--- a/cmd/util.go
+++ b/cmd/util.go
@@ -272,6 +272,41 @@ func multiWordReplace(s string, subname string, sub string) string {
 	return strings.Replace(s, subname, sub, -1)
 }
 
+type version struct {
+	Server string
+	Client string
+}
+
+func getKubeVersion() *version {
+	ver := new(version)
+	// These executables might not be on the user's path.
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("kubectl")
+	if err != nil {
+		s := fmt.Sprintf("Kubernetes version check skipped with error %v", err)
+		continueWithError(err, sprintlnWarn(s))
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "version")
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		s := fmt.Sprintf("Kubernetes version check skipped, with error getting kubectl version")
+		continueWithError(err, sprintlnWarn(s))
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	clientVerRe := regexp.MustCompile(`Client.*Major:"(\d+)".*Minor:"(\d+)"`)
+	svrVerRe := regexp.MustCompile(`Server.*Major:"(\d+)".*Minor:"(\d+)"`)
+
+	sub := clientVerRe.FindStringSubmatch(string(out))
+	ver.Client = sub[1] + "." + sub[2]
+
+	sub = svrVerRe.FindStringSubmatch(string(out))
+	ver.Server = sub[1] + "." + sub[2]
+
+	return ver
+}
+
 func makeSubstitutions(s string, ext string, m map[string]string) string {
 	for k, v := range m {
 		subst := "$" + k + ext
diff --git a/cmd/util_test.go b/cmd/util_test.go
index 1f3e5a2454e7c1477ee24a02fe80b500541c0519..36be79ce234c437974c6b91d98231e9b671d9802 100644
--- a/cmd/util_test.go
+++ b/cmd/util_test.go
@@ -239,6 +239,22 @@ func TestMultiWordReplace(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetKubeVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	ver := getKubeVersion()
+	if ver == nil {
+		t.Log("Expected non nil version info.")
+	} else {
+		if ok, err := regexp.MatchString(`\d+.\d+`, ver.Client); !ok && err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Expected:%v got %v\n", "n.m", ver.Client)
+		}
+
+		if ok, err := regexp.MatchString(`\d+.\d+`, ver.Server); !ok && err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Expected:%v got %v\n", "n.m", ver.Server)
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFindConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		input       []string