Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Course

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This Kubernetes Security Specialist course offers foundational knowledge through concepts and hands-on demonstrations of securing a Kubernetes cluster and its applications. Emphasizing practical skills, it requires a running Kubernetes cluster for participation. The course covers all security aspects in Kubernetes, including cluster setup, ingress creation and security, and cluster hardening with RBAC, roles, and role bindings. It delves into system and kernel hardening, minimizing microservice vulnerabilities, supply chain security, monitoring, logging, and runtime security. By the end, learners will have comprehensive knowledge to become Kubernetes security specialists. Key topics include creating a Kubernetes cluster, setting default deny NetworkPolicy, installing the Kubernetes Dashboard, verifying Kubernetes releases, and managing roles and role bindings. Designed for Kubernetes administrators and security specialists aiming to master the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification, this course assumes prior knowledge of Kubernetes administration.