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, including the runtime UID and GID.		security

The securityContext field defines privilege and access control settings for a Pod or Container, including the runtime UID and GID.

The securityContext field in a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="pod" >}} (applying to all containers) or container is used to set the user, groups, capabilities, privilege settings, and security policies (SELinux/AppArmor/Seccomp) and more that container processes use.