diff --git a/hardeneks/__init__.py b/hardeneks/__init__.py
index 0913747..275a63e 100644
--- a/hardeneks/__init__.py
+++ b/hardeneks/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 import tempfile
-import urllib3
 import yaml
 
 from botocore.exceptions import EndpointConnectionError
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@
     Resources,
 )
 from .harden import harden
+from hardeneks import helpers
 
 
 app = typer.Typer()
@@ -66,14 +66,10 @@ def _get_cluster_name(context, region):
 def _get_region():
     return boto3.session.Session().region_name
 
-
-def _load_kube_config():
-    urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
-    kube_config_orig = f"{Path.home()}/.kube/config"
+def _add_tls_verify():
+    kubeconfig = helpers.get_kube_config()
     tmp_config = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile().name
 
-    with open(kube_config_orig, "r") as fd:
-        kubeconfig = yaml.safe_load(fd)
     for cluster in kubeconfig["clusters"]:
         cluster["cluster"]["insecure-skip-tls-verify"] = True
     with open(tmp_config, "w") as fd:
@@ -133,8 +129,9 @@ def run_hardeneks(
 
     """
     if insecure_skip_tls_verify:
-        _load_kube_config()
+        _add_tls_verify()
     else:
+        # should pass in config file 
         kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(context=context)
 
     context = _get_current_context(context)
diff --git a/hardeneks/cluster_wide/scalability/control_plane.py b/hardeneks/cluster_wide/scalability/control_plane.py
index 7cae80a..b972c65 100644
--- a/hardeneks/cluster_wide/scalability/control_plane.py
+++ b/hardeneks/cluster_wide/scalability/control_plane.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import re
-from rich.panel import Panel
 import kubernetes
-
+from rich.panel import Panel
+from hardeneks import helpers
 from hardeneks import console
-from ...resources import Resources
+from hardeneks import Resources
 
 
 def check_EKS_version(resources: Resources):
@@ -22,3 +22,28 @@ def check_EKS_version(resources: Resources):
         return False
 
     return True
+
+#
+# check_kubectl_compression
+# checks all clusters in config for disable-compression flag set to true
+# if any cluster does not have setting, it returns False
+def check_kubectl_compression(resources: Resources):
+    kubeconfig = helpers.get_kube_config()
+    isSetCorrectly = False
+    for cluster in kubeconfig.get("clusters", []):
+        clusterName = cluster.get("name", "")
+        if (resources.cluster in clusterName):
+            if cluster.get("cluster", {}).get("disable-compression", False) != True:
+                console.print(
+                    Panel(
+                        f"[red]`disable-compression` in Cluster {clusterName}  should equal True",
+                        subtitle="[link=https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/scalability/docs/control-plane/#disable-kubectl-compression]Click to see the guide[/link]",
+                    )
+                )
+                console.print()
+            else:
+                isSetCorrectly = True
+            break
+        
+    
+    return isSetCorrectly
diff --git a/hardeneks/cluster_wide/scalability/skipped.json b/hardeneks/cluster_wide/scalability/skipped.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..114447d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardeneks/cluster_wide/scalability/skipped.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[{
+    "name": "Limit workload and node bursting",
+    "link": "https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/scalability/docs/control-plane/#limit-workload-and-node-bursting"
+},
+{
+    "name": "Scale nodes and pods down safely",
+    "link": "https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/scalability/docs/control-plane/#scale-nodes-and-pods-down-safely"
+},
+{
+    "name": "Use Client-Side Cache when running Kubectl",
+    "link": "https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/scalability/docs/control-plane/#use-client-side-cache-when-running-kubectl"
+}]
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diff --git a/hardeneks/config.yaml b/hardeneks/config.yaml
index a1459cc..9eb5452 100644
--- a/hardeneks/config.yaml
+++ b/hardeneks/config.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ rules:
     scalability:
       control_plane:
         - check_EKS_version
+        - check_kubectl_compression
   namespace_based:
     security: 
       iam:
diff --git a/hardeneks/helpers.py b/hardeneks/helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f39fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardeneks/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import urllib3
+import yaml
+
+#
+# get_kube_config
+# returns kube config in json
+# 
+# we need to update this function to take in a config string, so users can pass in kubeconfig as a param
+def get_kube_config():
+    urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
+    # need to fix this, so user can pass in .kube/config as a param (joshkurz)
+    kube_config_orig = f"{Path.home()}/.kube/config"
+
+    with open(kube_config_orig, "r") as fd:
+        kubeconfig = yaml.safe_load(fd)
+    return kubeconfig
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diff --git a/hardeneks/resources.py b/hardeneks/resources.py
index 3097aab..08a64f4 100644
--- a/hardeneks/resources.py
+++ b/hardeneks/resources.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from kubernetes import client
 
-
 class Resources:
     def __init__(self, region, context, cluster, namespaces):
         self.region = region
@@ -68,4 +67,4 @@ def set_resources(self):
             client.AutoscalingV1Api()
             .list_namespaced_horizontal_pod_autoscaler(self.namespace)
             .items
-        )
+        )
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diff --git a/tests/test_scalability_control_plane.py b/tests/test_scalability_control_plane.py
index 13ffaa0..9b11a2e 100644
--- a/tests/test_scalability_control_plane.py
+++ b/tests/test_scalability_control_plane.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 from hardeneks.resources import Resources
 from unittest.mock import patch
+from hardeneks import helpers
 
-from hardeneks.cluster_wide.scalability.control_plane import check_EKS_version
+from hardeneks.cluster_wide.scalability.control_plane import (
+    check_EKS_version,
+    check_kubectl_compression
+)
 
 
 class Version:
@@ -21,3 +25,21 @@ def test_check_EKS_version(mocked_client):
     assert check_EKS_version(namespaced_resources)
     mocked_client.return_value = Version("24")
     assert check_EKS_version(namespaced_resources)
+
+@patch(helpers.__name__ + ".get_kube_config")
+def test_check_kubectl_compression(mocked_helpers):
+    namespaced_resources = Resources(
+        "some_region", "some_context", "foobarcluster", []
+    )
+    mocked_helpers.return_value = {'clusters': [{'cluster': {'server': 'testtest', 'disable-compression': True}, 'name': 'foobarcluster'}]}
+    assert check_kubectl_compression(namespaced_resources)
+    mocked_helpers.return_value = {'clusters': [{'cluster': {'server': 'testtest', 'disable-compression': True}, 'name': 'foobarcluster'}, {'cluster': {'server': 'testtest', 'disable-compression': False}, 'name': 'foobarcluster2'}]}
+    assert check_kubectl_compression(namespaced_resources)
+    mocked_helpers.return_value = {'clusters': [{'cluster': {'server': 'testtest', 'disable-compression': False}, 'name': 'foobarcluster'}, {'cluster': {'server': 'testtest', 'disable-compression': False}, 'name': 'foobarcluster4'}]}
+    assert not check_kubectl_compression(namespaced_resources)
+    mocked_helpers.return_value = {'clusters': [{'cluster': {'test': 'user'}, 'name': 'foobarcluster7'}]}
+    assert not check_kubectl_compression(namespaced_resources)
+    mocked_helpers.return_value = {'clusters': [{}]}
+    assert not check_kubectl_compression(namespaced_resources)
+    mocked_helpers.return_value = {}
+    assert not check_kubectl_compression(namespaced_resources)
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