Pod Security Is a Baseline Choice
Use Pod Security Standards to distinguish privileged, baseline, and restricted workload posture.
The risky part is not that privileged Pods exist; it is when no one knows where they are allowed to exist. The three levels Privileged is open and suited only for trusted system-level workloads. Baseline blocks common privilege escalation patterns while preserving broad app compatibility. Restricted is the hardened posture for workloads that can meet stricter controls around privilege, capabilities, host access, and runtime settings. Why a baseline helps Security decisions become repeatable when namespaces have a declared posture. App teams know the default. Platform teams know where exceptions belong. Security reviewers can focus on unusual access instead of relitigating…
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