Defence in depth
at K8s
PSS
Network (Cilium)
RBAC (and namespaces)
Data-at-rest encryption (protects from bad actors, compromise at infrastructure provider)
at infrastructure
network (vnet) isolation (out of band!)
Compromising the host is very unlikely
And even if it does happen, and privilege escalation occurs, there is no access to other networks
No access to data from other projects
The worst that can happen is a researcher trashes their own environment