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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

6 Courses
3 Labs
10 Hours
Practice exam

This path takes you through all the skills you’ll need to make sure your applications and clusters are safe and secure. After all, what good are containers if they’re vulnerable to attack?

Additionally, these courses cover the topics presented as part of the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification created by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. These courses will help you prepare for certification.

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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

This path takes you through all the skills you’ll need to make sure your applications and clusters are safe and secure. After all, what good are containers if they’re vulnerable to attack?

Additionally, these courses cover the topics presented as part of the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification created by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. These courses will help you prepare for certification.

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What You'll Learn
  • Prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam
  • Perform Cluster Setup for security
  • Perform Cluster Hardening
  • Perform System Hardening
  • Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities
  • Implement Supply chain security
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and Runtime Security
Prerequisites
  • You should be familiar Kubernetes principles and usage
Related topics
  • CKA
  • CKAD
  • Linux
  • Containers
  • Docker
  • Helm
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