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Zürich Apache Kafka® Meetup by Confluent

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Zürich, CH

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This is an open community - if you want to present, host or contribute in other ways follow this link (http://cnfl.io/get-involved-mu) - first time speakers welcome!

This meetup is for your fellow event streaming enthusiasts!

The topics discussed at our events are all about event streaming, including Confluent Platform, Confluent Cloud, Apache Kafka®, Kafka Connect, streaming data pipelines, ksqlDB, Kafka Streams as well as stream processing, Security, Microservices and a lot more!!

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Wed, Feb 11 · 6:15 PM CET
Deep dive into data streaming security
PH Zürich, Lagerstrasse 2, LAB-F081, Zürich, CH
IMPORTANT PLEASE RSVP: https://www.jug.ch/html/events/2026/data-streaming-security.html

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ROOM: PH Zürich, Lagerstrasse 2, 8090 Zürich, Building LAB, Room H015
AGENDA: 18:15-19:30h: Talk incl. Q/A

After the talk, you will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and network with the speaker and professional colleagues over beer and rich finger foods.
SPEAKER: Olena Kutsenko COMPANY: Confluent

Data streaming is powering everything from fraud detection and real-time analytics to patient monitoring and order fulfillment. But as the role of streaming grows, so does the risk - because many streaming platforms, like Apache Kafka, aren't secure by default.

In this talk, we'll take a practical look at data streaming security through the lens of Kafka, one of the most widely adopted streaming platforms in the world. We'll walk through what can go wrong - real examples of exposing 14M patient-doctor messages, or years of real-time delivery info to the internet - and what it takes to do it right.

We'll cover the key pillars of securing a streaming system: encryption in transit and at rest, access control, monitoring, and key management. Along the way, we'll look at the trade-offs like disk encryption vs. end-to-end encryption, what is behind field-level and envelope encryption, and the realities of using customer-managed keys in regulated industries.
We'll also explore how streaming security has evolved, how real vulnerabilities (like CVE-2019-12399) highlight the need for patching and monitoring, and what successful multi-layered security looks like in production - from financial institutions to healthcare platforms.

If you're building, running, or scaling streaming systems, this talk will help you see the security blind spots and give you concrete steps to protect the data flowing through your pipelines.
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