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Why is RBAC important in Kubernetes?

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Quick Answer RBAC controls who can do what in the cluster. Without it, any Pod with a ServiceAccount could read Secrets, create new Pods, or delete Deployments. RBAC lets you grant least-privilege access รขโ‚ฌโ€ a Pod can only read its own ConfigMap, a developer can only deploy to the staging namespace. Essential for multi-team and multi-tenant clusters.

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RBAC restricts actions to authorized users, preventing unauthorized access.
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