Hands-on Kubernetes security scenarios for the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam.
This repository contains the free sample version of a complete practical Kubernetes security guide focused on real-world cluster hardening, CIS compliance, RBAC security, and DevSecOps defense scenarios.
All labs are designed for real clusters and real security engineering work.
The free version includes the following practical CKS scenarios:
Fixing Pod Failure Due to Incorrect ServiceAccount
Fixing CIS Benchmark Violations on the Kubernetes API Server
Enforcing Secure Authorization Modes for API Server and Kubelet
Hardening Control Plane Components for CIS Compliance
These scenarios focus on real CKS exam tasks such as:
- ServiceAccount misconfiguration fixes
- Kubernetes CIS benchmark hardening
- Secure API server configuration
- Control plane security best practices
- Authorization and access control
Each scenario includes step-by-step solutions and explanations.
You can read and download the free sample directly from this repository.
The sample provides real exam-style Kubernetes security tasks with practical solutions.
The premium version includes all advanced real-world Kubernetes security scenarios such as:
- Default deny NetworkPolicies and zero-trust design
- Pod Security Standards enforcement
- Advanced RBAC restriction and auditing
- Kubernetes audit logging configuration
- Secrets management and encryption at rest
- Runtime threat detection with Falco
- Vulnerability scanning using Trivy
- Cilium zero-trust ingress policies
- Istio mTLS enforcement
- Supply chain security and SBOM generation
- Docker and node hardening
- Incident response and attack detection scenarios
- Additional advanced Kubernetes security labs
This is a complete hands-on preparation guide for real-world Kubernetes security engineering and the CKS exam.
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- CKS exam candidates
- Kubernetes engineers
- DevSecOps engineers
- Cloud security engineers
- Platform engineers
- Anyone learning Kubernetes security hands-on
To run the labs:
- Kubernetes cluster (Minikube, Kind, K3s or real cluster)
- kubectl
- Linux basics
- Helm (optional)
This project focuses on real attack, defense, and hardening scenarios that engineers face in production environments and in the CKS exam.
The goal is simple:
- Help you pass the CKS exam
- Build real Kubernetes security skills
- Practice real-world DevSecOps scenarios