Kubernetes Security Technology Syllabus

• Explain Kubernetes architecture, trust boundaries and threat model using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: map the components, identities, data paths and trust boundaries for Kubernetes architecture, trust boundaries and threat model
• Evidence: produce an annotated architecture diagram and explain the validation result

• Explain API server authentication and authorization using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: compare a baseline design with a risky or incomplete design for API server authentication and authorization
• Evidence: produce a design decision record and explain the validation result

• Explain RBAC design and service accounts using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: trace one permitted and one denied access decision for RBAC design and service accounts
• Evidence: produce an access-flow worksheet and explain the validation result

• Explain Pod Security Standards and security contexts using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: plan a least-privilege configuration and a safe rollout sequence for Pod Security Standards and security contexts
• Evidence: produce a change plan with rollback steps and explain the validation result

• Explain Admission control and policy engines using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: review policy order, dependencies, exceptions and rollback conditions for Admission control and policy engines
• Evidence: produce a policy review checklist and explain the validation result

• Explain Network policies, ingress and service exposure using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: configure or assess the control with secure defaults for Network policies, ingress and service exposure
• Evidence: produce a configuration evidence sheet and explain the validation result

• Explain Secrets, encryption and external secret stores using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: test expected and unexpected behavior against explicit pass criteria for Secrets, encryption and external secret stores
• Evidence: produce a pass/fail validation record and explain the validation result

• Explain Image provenance, signing and supply-chain controls using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: locate the relevant telemetry and build an investigation timeline for Image provenance, signing and supply-chain controls
• Evidence: produce an investigation timeline and explain the validation result

• Explain Node, kubelet and control-plane hardening using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: triage a realistic finding and separate risk from expected activity for Node, kubelet and control-plane hardening
• Evidence: produce a triage note with severity rationale and explain the validation result

• Explain Audit logging, detection and runtime response using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: tune a noisy control without removing required visibility for Audit logging, detection and runtime response
• Evidence: produce a tuning record with before-and-after evidence and explain the validation result

• Explain Multi-tenancy and namespace isolation using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: troubleshoot a production-style failure using an evidence-first workflow for Multi-tenancy and namespace isolation
• Evidence: produce a troubleshooting runbook entry and explain the validation result

• Explain Secure cluster capstone and incident exercise using current Cloud Native terminology and connect it to the Kubernetes Security architecture
• Practice: combine design, validation, operations and handover in the capstone for Secure cluster capstone and incident exercise
• Evidence: produce a concise capstone handover and portfolio artifact and explain the validation result

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