diff --git a/deploy/ccm-linode-template.yaml b/deploy/ccm-linode-template.yaml
index 4f0048b1..829da922 100644
--- a/deploy/ccm-linode-template.yaml
+++ b/deploy/ccm-linode-template.yaml
@@ -77,10 +77,17 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: ccm-linode
     spec:
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
+                  operator: Exists
+      securityContext:
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
       serviceAccountName: ccm-linode
-      nodeSelector:
-        # The CCM will only run on a Node labelled as a master, you may want to change this
-        node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
       tolerations:
         # The CCM can run on Nodes tainted as masters
         - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane"
@@ -122,6 +129,11 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: ccm-linode
                   key: region
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+              - ALL
       volumes:
       - name: k8s
         hostPath:
diff --git a/deploy/chart/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deploy/chart/templates/daemonset.yaml
index f2ca2985..6f1c304d 100644
--- a/deploy/chart/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/chart/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,21 @@ spec:
         app: ccm-linode
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: ccm-linode
-      {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
+      {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
+      securityContext:
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
-{{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | indent 8 }}
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.affinity }}
+      affinity:
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.tolerations }}
+      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
       tolerations:
-{{ toYaml .Values.tolerations | indent 8 }}
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       hostNetwork: true
       containers:
@@ -33,8 +41,8 @@ spec:
             - --v=3
             - --secure-port=10253
             - --webhook-secure-port=0
-            {{- if .Values.linodegoDebug }}
-            - --linodego-debug={{ .Values.linodegoDebug }}
+            {{- with .Values.linodegoDebug }}
+            - --linodego-debug={{ . }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.routeController }}
             - --enable-route-controller=true
@@ -44,36 +52,40 @@ spec:
             {{- if not (or .Values.routeController.vpcName .Values.routeController.vpcNames) }}
             {{- fail "Neither vpcName nor vpcNames is set. Please set one of them." }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.routeController.vpcName }}
-            - --vpc-name={{ .Values.routeController.vpcName }}
+            {{- with .Values.routeController.vpcName }}
+            - --vpc-name={{ . }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.routeController.vpcNames }}
-            - --vpc-names={{ .Values.routeController.vpcNames }}
+            {{- with .Values.routeController.vpcNames }}
+            - --vpc-names={{ . }}
             {{- end }}
             - --configure-cloud-routes={{ default true .Values.routeController.configureCloudRoutes }}
             - --cluster-cidr={{ required "A valid .Values.routeController.clusterCIDR is required" .Values.routeController.clusterCIDR }}
-            {{- if .Values.routeController.routeReconciliationPeriod }}
-            - --route-reconciliation-period={{ .Values.routeController.routeReconciliationPeriod }}
+            {{- with .Values.routeController.routeReconciliationPeriod }}
+            - --route-reconciliation-period={{ . }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing }}
-            {{- if .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.bgpNodeSelector }}
-            - --bgp-node-selector={{ .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.bgpNodeSelector }}
+            {{- with .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.bgpNodeSelector }}
+            - --bgp-node-selector={{ . }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.ipHolderSuffix }}
-            - --ip-holder-suffix={{ .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.ipHolderSuffix }}
+            {{- with .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.ipHolderSuffix }}
+            - --ip-holder-suffix={{ . }}
             {{- end}}
             - --load-balancer-type={{ required "A valid .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.loadBalancerType is required for shared IP load-balancing" .Values.sharedIPLoadBalancing.loadBalancerType }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.tokenHealthChecker }}
-            - --enable-token-health-checker={{ .Values.tokenHealthChecker }}
+            {{- with .Values.tokenHealthChecker }}
+            - --enable-token-health-checker={{ . }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.nodeBalancerTags }}
-            - --nodebalancer-tags={{ join " " .Values.nodeBalancerTags }}
+            {{- with .Values.nodeBalancerTags }}
+            - --nodebalancer-tags={{ join " " . }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.allowUnauthorizedMetrics }}
             - --authorization-always-allow-paths="/metrics"
             {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.containerSecurityContext }}
+          securityContext:
+          {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /etc/kubernetes
               name: k8s
diff --git a/deploy/chart/values.yaml b/deploy/chart/values.yaml
index 40c51f65..cea0ae26 100644
--- a/deploy/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/chart/values.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,27 @@ region: ""
 #   apiTokenRef: "apiToken"
 #   regionRef: "region"
 
-# node-role.kubernetes.io/master - if set true, it deploys the svc on the master node
-nodeSelector:
-  # The CCM will only run on a Node labelled as a master, you may want to change this
-  node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
+# Ensures the CCM runs on control plane nodes
+affinity:
+  nodeAffinity:
+    requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+      nodeSelectorTerms:
+        - matchExpressions:
+          - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
+            operator: Exists
+
+# DEPRECATED: use affinity instead
+nodeSelector: {}
+
+securityContext:
+  seccompProfile:
+    type: RuntimeDefault
+
+containerSecurityContext:
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  capabilities:
+    drop:
+    - ALL
 
 # Image repository must be 'linode/linode-cloud-controller-manager'. The tag can be changed/set to various ccm versions.
 # The pullPolicy is set to Always but can be changed when it is not required to always pull the new image