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Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (replaces Azure Security Engineer Associate / AZ-500) SC-500 · Domain 3: Secure compute

AKS security: Entra ID integration, Azure RBAC for Kubernetes, private clusters, network policies, Defender for Containers, Azure Policy for AKS

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) runs a managed Kubernetes control plane while you manage node pools and workloads. Security spans who can use the Kubernetes API, how the API is exposed, how pods talk to each other, and how you detect threats and enforce standards.

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