website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/security-context.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Security Context	security-context	2018-04-12	/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/	The securityContext field defines privilege and access control settings for a Pod or container.		security

The securityContext field defines privilege and access control settings for a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}} or {{< glossary_tooltip text="container" term_id="container" >}}.

In a securityContext, you can define: the user that processes run as, the group that processes run as, and privilege settings. You can also configure security policies (for example: SELinux, AppArmor or seccomp).

The PodSpec.securityContext setting applies to all containers in a Pod.