How does CrowdStrike's Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) enhance container security?

Question

Options

• ABy deploying agentless runtime protection
• BBy scanning deployed pods
• CBy identifying and fixing insecure configurations in code before deployment
• DBy enforcing MFA on cloud users

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  88% (29)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

ASPM is a "shift-left" security practice - it integrates into the development pipeline to catch insecure configurations, vulnerable dependencies, and misconfigurations in code before a container image is ever built or deployed, which is exactly what option C describes.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - Agentless runtime protection is a feature of cloud security tools like CSPM or CWPP, not ASPM. ASPM works pre-deployment, not at runtime.
• B - Scanning deployed pods is a runtime/post-deployment activity (closer to what a CWPP or image scanning tool does); ASPM operates earlier in the CI/CD pipeline.
• D - Enforcing MFA on cloud users is an identity/IAM control, unrelated to application or container security posture.

Memory tip: Think of ASPM as "Application Security = Shift-left before Production Merge." The word Management in ASPM signals governance of the development process, not runtime enforcement - so whenever you see runtime or identity options, rule them out.

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