KCSA Overview OF Cloud Native Security Practice Question
Which of the following is a core tenet of Zero Trust architecture in cloud native environments?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Verify explicitly, use least privilege access, and assume breach
Zero Trust mandates continuous verification of identity and device health for every access request, never trusting implicitly based on network location.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Grant cluster-admin privileges to all operations engineers
Why it's wrong here
This violates least privilege.
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Disable all encryption for internal microservice communication to improve speed
Why it's wrong here
Zero trust requires encryption in transit everywhere.
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Verify explicitly, use least privilege access, and assume breach
Why this is correct
These are the foundational pillars of Zero Trust architecture.
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Trust all traffic originating from inside the corporate virtual private cloud (VPC)
Why it's wrong here
Zero trust assumes the network perimeter has been breached; internal traffic is never implicitly trusted.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official CNCF / Linux Foundation exam blueprint
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