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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist

CNCFCKSExpert

⏱ Duration

2 hours

❓ Questions

15–20 performance-based tasks

✅ Pass Score

67%

💰 Cost

$395 USD

📅 Valid

3 years

📋 Exam Domains & Weightage

Cluster Setup

Network policies, CIS benchmarks, ingress TLS, Node metadata protection

10%

Cluster Hardening

RBAC, ServiceAccount restrictions, Kubernetes API security, upgrade

15%

System Hardening

AppArmor, Seccomp, privilege reduction, kernel hardening

15%

Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities

PSA, OPA Gatekeeper, Secret management (Vault), mTLS

20%

Supply Chain Security

Image scanning (Trivy), allowlists, signing, Dockerfile best practices

20%

Monitoring, Logging & Runtime Security

Falco rules, audit logs, immutable containers, behavior analysis

20%

🔑CKA is a hard prerequisite — do not skip it

🔑Falco and AppArmor syntax must be memorized

🔑One of the hardest CNCF certifications — budget 4–6 months study

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After this certification

CKAD if not already done. Or move to platform/security engineering roles.