Software Circus September Edition

Let's meet for the summer's end IN PERSON meetup at our Amsterdam location. Space is limited so if you can't make it in the end, please edit your answer. :)

AGENDA

• 18:00 - Registration with Refreshments
• 18:30 - Welcome by Sevi, Senior Cloud Native Engineer @ Container Solutions
• 18:45 - Zero-trust authorization with Open Policy Agent
  with Ádám Sándor and Anders Eknert
• 20:15 - Q&A
• 20:30 - 21:00 - Mingles & Drinks

THE TALK
Zero-trust authorization with Open Policy Agent

• Zero-trust authorization minimizes the impact of any security breach by removing trust between internal components. Each service and authenticated user has to be authorized for every action they take.
  Enforcing zero-trust needs policy enforcement that works with different technology stacks. This is the problem the Open Policy Agent (OPA) was designed to solve. Using OPA provides a flexible, unified way to control access across your network and tech landscape.
  In this talk Anders and Adam will describe how to implement a zero-trust architecture using OPA. They will use a live demo of a practical application that demonstrates different authorization scenarios. Finally they will discuss how to manage the large number of policies you will eventually end up with going down the zero-trust path.

THE SPEAKERS

• Ádám Sándor – I went from enterprise Java development to being a consultant on cloud native technologies. Currently as a solutions architect at Styra I'm helping companies jump on the Open Policy Agent bandwagon.
• Anders Eknert – Developer advocate and a member of the open source team at Styra with a long background in software development, security and identity systems in primarily distributed environments. When not in front of his computer he enjoys watching football, cooking and Belgian beers.

We look forward seeing you!