KCSA: Kubernetes & Cloud Native Security Associate EXAM-PREP

Welcome to the KCSA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate) Mock Exam Preparation Course. This course is designed to help you prepare effectively for the KCSA certification exam using mock exams, ensuring you have a solid understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native security principles. Throughout this course, you will learn about key topics through practice questions.

This course includes:

• Full-length mock exam to simulate the actual KCSA test environment

  
  

KCSA topics and what you'll learn through Live Practice Tests:

1: Overview of Cloud Native Security (14%)

• The 4Cs of Cloud Native Security

• Cloud Provider and Infrastructure Security

• Controls and Frameworks

• Isolation Techniques

• Artifact Repository and Image Security

• Workload and Application Code Security

2: Kubernetes Cluster Component Security (22%)

• API Server

• Controller Manager

• Scheduler

• Kubelet

• Container Runtime

• KubeProxy

• Pod

• Etcd

• Container Networking

• Client Security

• Storage

3: Kubernetes Security Fundamentals (22%)

• Pod Security Standards

• Pod Security Admissions

• Authentication

• Authorization

• Secrets

• Isolation and Segmentation

• Audit Logging

• Network Policy

4: Kubernetes Threat Model (16%)

• Kubernetes Trust Boundaries and Data Flow

• Persistence

• Denial of Service

• Malicious Code Execution and Compromised Applications in Containers

• Attacker on the Network

• Access to Sensitive Data

• Privilege Escalation

5: Platform Security (16%)

• Supply Chain Security

• Image Repository

• Observability

• Service Mesh

• PKI

• Connectivity

• Admission Control

6:  Compliance and Security Frameworks (10%)

• Compliance Frameworks

• Threat Modelling Frameworks

• Supply Chain Compliance

• Automation and Tooling