CV0-004 Security Practice Question
A DevOps team deploys a containerized application to a Kubernetes cluster. They need to ensure that containers cannot run with privileged access. Which Kubernetes security mechanism should be applied?
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Pod Security Standards
Pod Security Standards define policies like 'restricted' that prevent privileged containers.
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Pod Security Standards
Why this is correct
These enforce security contexts including privilege settings.
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Network policies
Why it's wrong here
Network policies control traffic flow, not container privileges.
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ConfigMaps
Why it's wrong here
ConfigMaps store configuration, not security policies.
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Service accounts
Why it's wrong here
Service accounts provide identity, not privilege restrictions.
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