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Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)

KCSA

The Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA) certification validates your foundational knowledge of security in the cloud native ecosystem. Designed for beginners, it covers everything from the 4Cs of cloud native security to Kubernetes cluster component security, threat modeling, and compliance frameworks. Earning the KCSA is the perfect first step toward a career in cloud security, demonstrating your readiness to advance to professional-level certifications.

Practice Free Questions

6Domains

34Objectives

176Practice pages

825Free questions

KCSA free practice questions

Choose any objective and open any question page — no sign-in required.

The 4Cs of Cloud Native Security

18 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–18

Cloud Provider and Infrastructure Security

23 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–23

Controls and Frameworks

9 questions · 2 pages

Questions 1–5 6–9

Isolation Techniques

33 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–33

Artifact Repository and Image Security

34 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–34

Workload and Application Code Security

33 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–33

API Server

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

Controller Manager

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

Scheduler

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

Kubelet

23 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–23

Container Runtime

33 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–33

KubeProxy

17 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–17

Cluster Components Security

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

Authentication and Authorization

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

Pod Security

9 questions · 2 pages

Questions 1–5 6–9

Data Protection

14 questions · 3 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–14

Network Security

15 questions · 3 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15

Auditing and Monitoring

26 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–26

Supply Chain Security

42 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–42

Image Repository

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

Observability

28 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–28

Service Mesh

27 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–27

PKI

28 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–28

Connectivity

26 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–26

Admission Control

24 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–24

Compliance Frameworks

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

Threat Modeling Frameworks

29 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–29

Supply Chain Compliance

30 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30

Automation and Tooling

18 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–18

Denial of Service

28 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–28

Malicious Code Execution and Compromised Applications in Containers

22 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–22

Attacker on the Network

27 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–27

Access to Sensitive Data

27 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–27

Privilege Escalation

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

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Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)

KCSA free practice questions

Domain 1 · Overview of Cloud Native Security18% of practice bank · 6 objectives · 150 questions18%

Domain 2 · Kubernetes Cluster Component Security17% of practice bank · 6 objectives · 142 questions17%

Domain 3 · Kubernetes Security Fundamentals12% of practice bank · 6 objectives · 102 questions12%

Domain 4 · Platform Security24% of practice bank · 7 objectives · 200 questions24%

Domain 5 · Compliance and Security Frameworks12% of practice bank · 4 objectives · 102 questions12%

Domain 6 · Kubernetes Threat Model16% of practice bank · 5 objectives · 129 questions16%