When a Falco alert indicates a compromised pod, which immediate action can be taken to mitigate the threat?

Modify the Falco rule to ignore the alert

A security engineer is writing a Falco rule to detect when a container attempts to read the /etc/shadow file. They want to use a macro to define the condition for reading sensitive files. Which Falco rule component should they use to define the condition?

A rule with a priority level of 'critical'

A macro that contains the condition 'evt.type=open and fd.name=/etc/shadow'

A list containing the sensitive file paths

An output field that formats the alert message

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Domain 6Objective 1

Perform Behavioral Analytics to Detect Malicious Activities CKS Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Security domain, which accounts for 20% of the CKS exam. Linux Foundation does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~10–16 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 29 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 6–10

6application · medium
A security analyst is investigating a potential compromise in a Kubernetes cluster. They have enabled Falco with the Kubernetes audit log plugin. Which Falco event source would provide information about API requests that attempted to create a privileged pod?
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7foundation · easy
When a Falco alert indicates a compromised pod, which immediate action can be taken to mitigate the threat?
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8foundation · easy
In a Kubernetes audit log entry, which field indicates the user who made the API request?
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9foundation · easy
Which Falco event source is primarily used to detect file access, process execution, and network activity inside containers?
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10application · medium
A security engineer is writing a Falco rule to detect when a container attempts to read the /etc/shadow file. They want to use a macro to define the condition for reading sensitive files. Which Falco rule component should they use to define the condition?
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Questions 6–10

A security analyst is investigating a potential compromise in a Kubernetes cluster. They have enabled Falco with the Kubernetes audit log plugin. Which Falco event source would provide information about API requests that attempted to create a privileged pod?

When a Falco alert indicates a compromised pod, which immediate action can be taken to mitigate the threat?

In a Kubernetes audit log entry, which field indicates the user who made the API request?

Which Falco event source is primarily used to detect file access, process execution, and network activity inside containers?

A security engineer is writing a Falco rule to detect when a container attempts to read the /etc/shadow file. They want to use a macro to define the condition for reading sensitive files. Which Falco rule component should they use to define the condition?

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