# Kubernetes Security Cheat Sheet — Security context example: A pod definition that includes security context parameters

> Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: hello-world spec: containers: # specification of the pod’s containers # ...

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Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
apiVersion: v1

kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: hello-world
spec:
  containers:
  # specification of the pod’s containers
  # ...
  # ...
  # Security Context
  securityContext:
    readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
    runAsNonRoot: true
```

For more information on security context for Pods, refer to the documentation at &lt;

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