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Encryption, Identities, and Everything in Between; Building Secure Kubernetes Networks#

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 (London) digest Program Core pick London · 1–4 April 2025

Abstract Recording

Lior Lieberman, Google & Igor Velichkovich, Stealth Startup — Core

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  • Why: A rare talk that explicitly frames encryption and identity/AuthN/AuthZ as one problem for Kubernetes networking rather than separate concerns, and calls for the community to standardize and simplify it — a useful survey of where the ecosystem actually stands.
  • What: A tour of the current encryption and AuthN/AuthZ project landscape for Kubernetes networking, framed around defense-in-depth and least-privilege, with real-world scaling scenarios. (from abstract only)
  • How: Not a single mechanism — a synthesis across existing projects, aimed at identifying design requirements for resilient, secure networks at scale. (from abstract only)
  • Where applicable: General; most useful as an orientation talk for evaluating the fragmented landscape of Kubernetes network encryption/identity tooling rather than a specific implementation guide.