Is there a better way to manage access to resources without compromising security? New employees need access to a variety of resources within a company's tech stack. But manually granting access can be error-prone. And when employees leave, their access must be revoked, thus potentially introducing security risks if an admin misses one. In this podcast, Kris Jenkins talks to Anuj Sawani (Security Product Manager, Confluent) about the centralized identity management system he helped build to integrate with Apache Kafka® to prevent common identity management headaches and security risks.
With 12+ years of experience building cybersecurity products for enterprise companies, Anuj Sawani explains how he helped build out KIP-768 (Secured OAuth support in Kafka) that supports a unified identity mechanism that spans across cloud and on-premises (hybrid scenarios).
Confluent Cloud customers wanted a single identity to access all their services. The manual process required managing different sets of identity stores across the ecosystem. Anuj goes on to explain how Identity and Access Management (IAM) using cloud-native authentication protocols, such as OAuth or OpenID Connect, solves this problem by centralizing identity and minimizing security risks.
Anuj emphasizes that sticking with industry standards is key because it makes integrating with other systems easy. With OAuth now supported in Kafka, this means performing client upgrades, configuring identity providers, etc. to ensure the applications can leverage new capabilities. Some examples of how to do this are to use centralized identities for client/broker connections.
As Anuj continues to build and enhance features, he hopes to recommend this unified solution to other technology vendors because it makes integration much easier. The goal is to create a web of connectors that support the same standards. The future is bright, as other organizations are researching supporting OAuth and similar industry standards. Anuj is looking forward to the evolution and applying it to other use cases and scenarios.
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Confluent Platform 7.0: New Features + Updates
Real-Time Stream Processing with Kafka Streams ft. Bill Bejeck
Automating Infrastructure as Code with Apache Kafka and Confluent ft. Rosemary Wang
Getting Started with Spring for Apache Kafka ft. Viktor Gamov
Powering Event-Driven Architectures on Microsoft Azure with Confluent
Automating DevOps for Apache Kafka and Confluent ft. Pere Urbón-Bayes
Intro to Kafka Connect: Core Components and Architecture ft. Robin Moffatt
Designing a Cluster Rollout Management System for Apache Kafka ft. Twesha Modi
Apache Kafka 3.0 - Improving KRaft and an Overview of New Features
How to Build a Strong Developer Community with Global Engagement ft. Robin Moffatt and Ale Murray
What Is Data Mesh, and How Does it Work? ft. Zhamak Dehghani
Multi-Cluster Apache Kafka with Cluster Linking ft. Nikhil Bhatia
Using Apache Kafka and ksqlDB for Data Replication at Bolt
Placing Apache Kafka at the Heart of a Data Revolution at Saxo Bank
Advanced Stream Processing with ksqlDB ft. Michael Drogalis
Minimizing Software Speciation with ksqlDB and Kafka Streams ft. Mitch Seymour
Collecting Data with a Custom SIEM System Built on Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect ft. Vitalii Rudenskyi
Consistent, Complete Distributed Stream Processing ft. Guozhang Wang
Powering Real-Time Analytics with Apache Kafka and Rockset
Automated Event-Driven Architectures and Microservices with Apache Kafka and SmartBear
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