Published September 11, 2024
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is an essential component of Kafka cluster management. If you’ve ever dealt with Kafka, you know how powerful it is, but you also know how quickly things can get out of hand without proper controls in place.
Published September 5, 2024
Deploying Kafka on Kubernetes can feel like a game-changer—mixing the powerful message streaming capabilities of Kafka with the flexible, scalable orchestration of Kubernetes. It sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Well, not so fast. While running Kafka on Kubernetes has some fantastic benefits, it also comes with its own set of challenges.
Published September 2, 2024
When it comes to securing your Kafka deployment, Access Control Lists (ACLs) are some of the most powerful tools at your disposal. But let’s be honest—ACLs can be a bit daunting if you're not familiar with them. We’ve all been there, staring at Kafka’s ACL configurations and wondering if we’re doing it right.
Published August 28, 2024
You ever get that nagging feeling that maybe, just maybe, you’ve missed something crucial in a project? When it comes to deploying Apache Kafka, that “something” often turns out to be security. I’ve been there myself, thinking everything was running smoothly, only to realize later that I’d left the door wide open for potential security issues.
Published June 28, 2022
Most of us picture cloud security threats as bad actors in some hostile country. More often, it’s you and your coworkers.
Talk about cloud security and you’re likely to discuss provider-focused issues: not enough security, not enough auditing, not enough planning.
Published July 8, 2021
The Nastel Technologies Advisory Board was formed in 2021, a critical time for enterprises today. Made up of business and IT leaders from a wide variety of sectors, the common thread is that these enterprise leaders and innovators understand the incredibly important role of the integration infrastructure layer (including messaging middleware and much more) in their hybrid enterprises.
Published April 1, 2020
COVID - 19 - This is not the first time the world has experienced a deadly contagious plague, and it’s likely to not be the last.
Our world has changed, and for many of us who are now working from home, this is a time to make use of technology as our primary way of performing business.
