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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exercises

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Exercises

NOTE: WORK IN PROGRESS. MORE CONTENTS TO COME. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE VERIFIED.

Introduction

This is a set of instructions, exercises, and demos used to prepare for the CKS certificate offered by the Linux Foundation. You'll also find information regarding cost, exam objectives, duration, etc in this documentation.

For the exam, you are allowed to have one extra browser tab open, which you can use to refer to the Kubernetes official documentation. I would not advise that you rely heavily on those documentation, because you only have a limitted amount of time to finish the exam.

Exam prerequisites

1. You must have a valid CKA certification

Exam Detail

1. Length: 2 hours
2. Amount of questions: 15-20 performance-based tasks
3. Cost: $375
4. passing score: 67%
5. You'll get your grade within 24 hours

Who is this exam for

A Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) is an accomplished Kubernetes practitioner (must be CKA certified) who has demonstrated competence on a broad range of best practices for securing container-based applications and Kubernetes platforms during build, deployment and runtime.

Learning tools

1. ckad exercises: https://github.com/dgkanatsios/CKAD-exercises
2. linux foundation: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/certified-kubernetes-security-specialist/
3. udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/certified-kubernetes-security-specialist
4. Install Kubernetes cluster: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

Domains & Competencies

• Cluster Setup 10%
• Cluster Hardening 15%
• System Hardening 15%
• Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities 20%
• Supply Chain Security 20%
• Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Secury 20%

Practice_exams folder

In this folder, you'll find a list of practice exams that contain multiple questions that you can use to prepare for the exam. My advise is to try to time yourself. Set a duration of 2 hours for each practice exam and see how well you do, before you reveal the answers for each question. REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST A PRACTICE EXAM AND MIGHT NOT SHOW UP AT ALL ON THE REAL EXAM.