CCSP Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security Practice Question
A DevOps engineer is configuring a Kubernetes cluster and wants to enforce that containers cannot run as root and cannot mount host paths. Which Kubernetes security mechanism should be used?
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Why each option matters
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Pod Security Admission
Pod Security Admission (PSA) allows enforcing predefined security policies (privileged, baseline, restricted) at the pod level, covering controls like running as root and host path mounts.
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Pod Security Admission
Why this is correct
Correct; PSA enforces security standards on pods.
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Network policies
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect; network policies control traffic flow, not pod security settings.
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RBAC
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect; RBAC controls access to resources, not pod runtime security.
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Secrets management
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect; secrets management handles sensitive data, not pod security contexts.
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