KCSA Overview OF Cloud Native Security Practice Question
An organization wants to enforce that no containers run with privileged security contexts across multiple clusters. They implement admission control validation. In the context of cloud native security principles, what type of control is this?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Preventative automated policy control
Enforcing policies programmatically at admission time is an example of preventative automated policy enforcement.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Preventative automated policy control
Why this is correct
Preventative automated controls block non-compliant configurations before they enter the cluster.
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Detective manual control
Why it's wrong here
Admission controllers prevent actions; they are preventative, not manual or solely detective.
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Corrective physical control
Why it's wrong here
It is a software-based preventative control.
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Compensating detective control
Why it's wrong here
It prevents deployment rather than detecting post-deployment anomalies.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official CNCF / Linux Foundation exam blueprint
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