About the
CKS Simulator
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Simulator
Our simulator will provide you with two CKS environments each containing 17 scenarios and their solutions (17+17 questions). You can start the simulator sessions independently over the period of one year.
The idea is that you solve as many scenarios as possible in the shortest amount of time, just as you need in the real exam.
Verify your K8s security skills and prepare for the CKS exam!
Is this for you?
Are you in preparation for the CKS? Perfect, our simulator is made for you. Test your knowledge, get a feeling for what will be coming at you and learn more about Kubernetes Security Solutions.
What you'll get
- Simulated CKS environment with access to your own clusters
- Two CKS simulator sessions with identical content/questions ( why? )
- Remote Desktop like in the real exams
- 17+17 complex questions/scenarios to solve ( see preview )
- 120 minutes countdown for testing your knowledge under pressure
- Environment is open for the following 36 hours after activation ( more )
- Tips on how to prepare yourself and the Remote Desktop for the real exam
- ~120 pages material in total (questions, solutions, tips and tricks)
- Start your simulator sessions independently of each other during one year
- You'll get an automatically calculated score
- Access to Discord community
17+17 unique scenarios and detailed solutions
We provide you with a set of 17 unique questions and scenarios in each of the two simulator sessions. You'll get access to your own clusters, configured with various resources and security challenges to solve within 120 minutes.
For some tasks you have to work with an insecure setup and advance it further. For others you need to verify if the existing security is strong enough. Just like in the real exam.
You'll work for example with Apiserver-Config, AdmissionControllers, RBAC, ETCD-Secrets, Container-Level and Linux-Level security, OpenSource vulnerability scanners.
There are detailed solutions to all our scenarios from which you can learn. If you have questions or suggestions about these you can also contact us.
Score
You'll get a calculated score of all questions solved. In addition you get a detailed list of the solved/unsolved sub-tasks for each question.
With the integrated Brain score analysis, you'll also get feedback per question explaining what is missing in your solution.
For some questions though there is still manual review required, so you'll have to compare your solutions to ours.
Scenario Preview
Once registered you can view 3 example preview questions and their solutions. These are in addition to the 17+17 of the full course. The preview questions are also implemented in our test environment and can be solved in there by you.
Login to preview scenarios36 hours access to the cluster
The session is open for a total of 36 hours after you started it. The 36 hours are time based and not usage based.
When the session ends after 120 minutes you'll get access to the solutions. You'll still have 34 more hours (36 hours total) access to the cluster through the remote desktop.
We decided to do this so you have enough time to play around with the environment and to study the scenarios/solutions properly.
The Remote Desktop
Get used to the Remote Desktop and VNC connection before the real exam so you won't waste any precious time. Check for example how to copy&paste from Firefox into the Terminal.
Time is rare during the exam and you have to be fast. There are some steps you can do in the beginning, like defining aliases or configuring vim. We have a section about that.
Why taking the CKS?
The CKS is a very important certification and the knowledge it brings is sought by many companies.
The current time, where Kubernetes is the platform to run container based workloads and where the importance of secure infrastructure became top priority, led to the development of the CKS.
The CKS can be considered hard and is based on existing CKA knowledge. You need to have passed the CKA certification at any point in the past, even if it has expired.
Like the other K8s exams this one is hands-on and practical, which means no memorization or multiple-choice questions. During the exam you can use the complete documentation.
You’ll be provided with various scenarios for which you have 120 minutes time to solve.
For some tasks you have to work with an insecure setup and advance it further. For others you need to verify if the existing security is strong enough.
You'll work for example with Apiserver-Config, AdmissionControllers, RBAC, ETCD-Secrets, Container-Level and Linux-Level security, OpenSource vulnerability scanners.
39.99 USD
The CKS simulator comes already included with each exam purchase (more). Use code KILLER30 and get 30% off on your CKS exam purchase.
