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Secure AKS Pipelines in Action
This path helps experienced Azure professionals understand when and how to apply DevSecOps practices to secure AKS container pipelines. You will explore real-world use cases, architecture patterns, and security tools to strengthen your container delivery lifecycle.
Content in this path
Evolution
This Evolution Path uses a hands-on, project-based approach to teach advanced DevSecOps practices for securing container pipelines on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Over 70% of the learning experience is dedicated to guided and challenge-based labs where learners build and secure a complete, real-world AKS CI/CD pipeline.
Designed specifically for experienced cloud engineers and DevOps practitioners, this path challenges learners to integrate tools like Azure Policy, GitHub Actions, Helm, and Key Vault to secure every stage of the container delivery lifecycle. The final capstone lab simulates a real-world deployment scenario with minimal guidance to assess mastery.
Beyond practical tasks, this content encourages critical systems thinking by emphasizing secure pipeline design, policy enforcement, secrets management, and evaluating trade-offs in real-world DevSecOps implementations.
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What You'll Learn
- 1. Enforce security guardrails in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Azure Policy and Gatekeeper
- 2. Build secure CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, ACR, and Helm
- 3. Implement workload identity and manage secrets with Azure Key Vault
- 4. Scan container images and AKS workloads for vulnerabilities using open-source tools like Trivy
- 5. Monitor and audit AKS workloads with Azure-native observability tools
- This course is for experienced Azure professionals who build and secure containerized applications in production environments. Learners should have hands-on experience with AKS, GitHub Actions, Helm, and Azure Container Registry, and be comfortable navigating the Azure CLI and Portal. Familiarity with policy enforcement, identity and access management, and secure software delivery practices is expected. An Azure Associate-level certification (Administrator or Security Engineer) is strongly recommended.
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- CI/CD Pipeline
- DevSecOps