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CAS-005 · Question #410

A company designs policies and procedures for hardening containers deployed in the production environment. However, a security assessment reveals that deployed containers are not complying with the…

The correct answer is C. Creating a pipeline to check the containers through security gates and validating the baseline. The best solution is to integrate security checks into the CI/CD pipeline, where containers are validated against the security baseline before deployment. This proactive approach ensures that containers are hardening properly during the early stages of development and…

Submitted by olafpl· Mar 6, 2026Security Engineering

Question

A company designs policies and procedures for hardening containers deployed in the production environment. However, a security assessment reveals that deployed containers are not complying with the security baseline. Which of the following solutions best addresses this issue throughout early life-cycle stages?

Options

  • AInstalling endpoint agents on each container and setting them to report when configurations drift
  • BFinding hardened container images and enforcing them as the baseline for new deployments
  • CCreating a pipeline to check the containers through security gates and validating the baseline
  • DRunning security assessments regularly and checking for the security baseline on containers

How the community answered

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  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    85% (23)
  • D
    7% (2)

Explanation

The best solution is to integrate security checks into the CI/CD pipeline, where containers are validated against the security baseline before deployment. This proactive approach ensures that containers are hardening properly during the early stages of development and deployment, reducing the risk of non-compliance with security policies and preventing issues from reaching the production environment.

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