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  • Exam Code: CKS
  • Exam Name: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
  • No. of Questions: 66 Questions and Answers
  • Updated: Sep 20, 2026

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Linux Foundation CKS Exam Overview:

Certification Vendor:The Linux Foundation
Exam Name:Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
Exam Number:CKS
Exam Duration:120 minutes
Available Languages:English
Real Exam Qty:15-20
Passing Score:66%
Exam Price:$395 USD
Exam Format:Performance-based hands-on command line tasks
Related Certifications:CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
Certificate Validity Period:2 years
Sample Questions: DOWNLOAD DEMO
Exam Way:Online proctored exam (remote) or at a testing center
Pre Condition:CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) certification is required before taking CKS
Official Syllabus URL:https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/certified-kubernetes-security-specialist/

Linux Foundation CKS Exam Syllabus Topics:

SectionWeightObjectives
Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities20%- Use AppArmor or seccomp profiles to constrain container behavior
- Configure network policies for namespace isolation
- Use OPA Gatekeeper to enforce security controls
- Understand the principle of immutable containers
- Set appropriate security contexts for pods and containers
- Use PSP to enforce security controls
Cluster Hardening15%- Minimize admission of containers with sharing the host process namespace
- Minimize admission of containers without seccomp profiles
- Minimize admission of containers with sharing the host network namespace
- Minimize admission of containers without AppArmor profile
- Minimize admission of containers with capabilities assigned
- Minimize admission of containers without a security context
- Minimize admission of privileged containers
- Minimize admission of containers with added capabilities
- Minimize admission of containers with FlexVolume volumes
- Minimize admission of containers with raw block devices
- Minimize admission of containers with allowPrivilegeEscalation
- Minimize admission of containers that allow host namespaces
- Minimize admission of containers with sharing the host IPC namespace
- Minimize admission of containers with hostPath volumes
Monitoring, Logging, and Runtime Security20%- Audit and detect logs and events for anomalies
- Perform behavioral analytics to detect malicious activity
- Detect threats at the container level
- Understand and monitor network traffic
- Minimize the attack surface using container health indicators
- Falco - container security monitoring and threat detection
Cluster Setup10%- Use Pod Security Policies to control security-related pod behaviors
- Implement Pod-to-Pod encryption using mTLS or WireGuard
- Configure TLS certificates and minimum version for etcd
- Use Cis benchmarks to check Kubernetes cluster settings
- Understand the security implications of embedding cloud provider flags
- Use role-based access control (RBAC) to minimize exposure
- Manage sensitive information in clusters
System Hardening15%- Modify host components to improve security
- Understand the concept of OPA (Open Policy Agent) and Gatekeeper
- Enable audit logging
- Kernel defaults and parameters using sysctl
Supply Chain Security20%- Understand the software supply chain best practices
- Understand the container build process
- Use static analysis tools to detect vulnerabilities
- Minimize base image footprint
- Sign container images and verify signatures
- Understand image security scanning and its workflow
- Use image admission controllers to prevent use of untrusted images
- Use distroless images for static workload

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Linux Foundation recommends these training resources for the Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam:

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    The Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam contains 15-20 to complete within 120 minutes. Timed simulation in the PrepAwayETE Desktop Test Engine teaches that rhythm before exam day does.

    The official Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) outline defines 6 domains. The leading three are Cluster Hardening (15%), Monitoring, Logging, and Runtime Security (20%), and Supply Chain Security (20%). The full list is in the topics section above, and PrepAwayETE's 66 practice questions cover each one.

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      Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Sample Questions:

      SIMULATION

      Context
      A default-deny NetworkPolicy avoids to accidentally expose a Pod in a namespace that doesn't have any other NetworkPolicy defined.
      Task
      Create a new default-deny NetworkPolicy named defaultdeny in the namespace testing for all traffic of type Egress.
      The new NetworkPolicy must deny all Egress traffic in the namespace testing.
      Apply the newly created default-deny NetworkPolicy to all Pods running in namespace testing.

      Reveal Solution  Discussion  0

      Correct Answer:

      See the Explanation below
      Explanation:


      SIMULATION

      Context
      A container image scanner is set up on the cluster, but it's not yet fully integrated into the cluster s configuration. When complete, the container image scanner shall scan for and reject the use of vulnerable images.
      Task

      Given an incomplete configuration in directory /etc/kubernetes/epconfig and a functional container image scanner with HTTPS endpoint https://wakanda.local:8081 /image_policy :
      1. Enable the necessary plugins to create an image policy
      2. Validate the control configuration and change it to an implicit deny
      3. Edit the configuration to point to the provided HTTPS endpoint correctly Finally, test if the configuration is working by trying to deploy the vulnerable resource /root/KSSC00202/vulnerable-resource.yml.

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      Correct Answer:

      See the Explanation belowExplanation:











      SIMULATION
      Given an existing Pod named nginx-pod running in the namespace test-system, fetch the service-account-name used and put the content in /candidate/KSC00124.txt Create a new Role named dev-test-role in the namespace test-system, which can perform update operations, on resources of type namespaces.
      Create a new RoleBinding named dev-test-role-binding, which binds the newly created Role to the Pod's ServiceAccount ( found in the Nginx pod running in namespace test-system).

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      Correct Answer:

      See the Explanation belowExplanation:


      SIMULATION
      Documentation Deployments, Pods, bom Command Help bom-help
      You must connect to the correct host. Failure to do so may result in a zero score.
      [candidate@base] $ ssh cks000035
      Task
      The alpine Deployment in the alpine namespace has three containers that run different versions of the alpine image.
      First, find out which version of the alpine image contains the libcrypto3 package at version 3.1.4-r5.
      Next, use the pre-installed bom tool to create an SPDX document for the identified image version at /home/candidate/alpine.spdx.
      You can find the bom tool documentation at bom.
      Finally, update the alpine Deployment and remove the container that uses the idenfied image version.
      The Deployment's manifest file can be found at /home/candidate/alpine-deployment.yaml.
      Do not modify any other containers of the Deployment.

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      Correct Answer:

      See the Explanation below for complete solution
      Explanation:
      1) Connect to the correct host
      ssh cks000035
      sudo -i
      export KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
      2) List the 3 container names + images in the Deployment
      kubectl -n alpine get deploy alpine -o jsonpath='{range .spec.template.spec.containers[*]}{.name}{"\t"}{.image}{"\n"}{end}' You'll get 3 lines like:
      c1 alpine:3.xx
      c2 alpine:3.yy
      c3 alpine:3.zz
      3) Identify which alpine image has libcrypto3 at 3.1.4-r5
      Fastest reliable method (since it's Alpine, just query apk inside each image):
      Run these one-by-one for each image you saw in step 2:
      docker run --rm <ALPINE_IMAGE_1> sh -c 'apk info -v libcrypto3 2>/dev/null | head -n1' docker run --rm <ALPINE_IMAGE_2> sh -c 'apk info -v libcrypto3 2>/dev/null | head -n1' docker run --rm <ALPINE_IMAGE_3> sh -c 'apk info -v libcrypto3 2>/dev/null | head -n1'
      ✅ The correct image is the one that prints exactly:
      libcrypto3-3.1.4-r5
      Note that full image tag, e.g.:
      IMG=alpine:3.xx
      4) Create SPDX document with bom for that identified image
      (Use the identified image from step 3.)
      bom generate --image $IMG --format spdx --output /home/candidate/alpine.spdx Verify file exists:
      ls -l /home/candidate/alpine.spdx
      5) Remove ONLY the container that uses that image version
      The manifest to edit is:
      vi /home/candidate/alpine-deployment.yaml
      In the spec.template.spec.containers: list, find the container entry whose image: equals the identified $IMG, and delete that one container block only (name/image/ports/etc for that container).
      Save:
      :wq
      6) Apply the updated Deployment (do not change other containers)
      kubectl apply -f /home/candidate/alpine-deployment.yaml
      Wait rollout:
      kubectl -n alpine rollout status deployment/alpine
      7) Verify only 2 containers remain
      kubectl -n alpine get deploy alpine -o jsonpath='{range .spec.template.spec.containers[*]}{.name}{"\t"}{.image}{"\n"}{end}' You should now see 2 lines, and the $IMG line should be gone.
      If bom generate ... errors (quick fix)
      Check exact syntax on that system:
      bom --help
      bom generate --help
      Then rerun with the flags it expects, keeping:
      image = $IMG
      output = /home/candidate/alpine.spdx
      format = spdx

      SIMULATION
      Create a Pod name Nginx-pod inside the namespace testing, Create a service for the Nginx-pod named nginx-svc, using the ingress of your choice, run the ingress on tls, secure port.

      Reveal Solution  Discussion  0

      Correct Answer:

      See the Explanation belowExplanation:
      $ kubectl get ing -n <namespace-of-ingress-resource>
      NAME HOSTS ADDRESS PORTS AGE
      cafe-ingress cafe.com 10.0.2.15 80 25s
      $ kubectl describe ing <ingress-resource-name> -n <namespace-of-ingress-resource> Name: cafe-ingress Namespace: default Address: 10.0.2.15 Default backend: default-http-backend:80 (172.17.0.5:8080) Rules:
      Host Path Backends
      ---- ---- --------
      cafe.com
      /tea tea-svc:80 (<none>)
      /coffee coffee-svc:80 (<none>)
      Annotations:
      kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: {"apiVersion":"networking.k8s.io/v1","kind":"Ingress","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"cafe-ingress","namespace":"default","selfLink":"/apis/networking/v1/namespaces/default/ingresses/cafe-ingress"},"spec":{"rules":[{"host":"cafe.com","http":{"paths":[{"backend":{"serviceName":"tea-svc","servicePort":80},"path":"/tea"},{"backend":{"serviceName":"coffee-svc","servicePort":80},"path":"/coffee"}]}}]},"status":{"loadBalancer":{"ingress":[{"ip":"169.48.142.110"}]}}} Events:
      Type Reason Age From Message
      ---- ------ ---- ---- -------
      Normal CREATE 1m ingress-nginx-controller Ingress default/cafe-ingress
      Normal UPDATE 58s ingress-nginx-controller Ingress default/cafe-ingress
      $ kubectl get pods -n <namespace-of-ingress-controller>
      NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
      ingress-nginx-controller-67956bf89d-fv58j 1/1 Running 0 1m
      $ kubectl logs -n <namespace> ingress-nginx-controller-67956bf89d-fv58j
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NGINX Ingress controller Release: 0.14.0 Build: git-734361d Repository: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      ....

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