Name: Authz as a Dev Workflow: Architecting Better Cloud Native Apps - Dan "phrawzty" Maher, Cerbos
Start: 2025-04-04T15:15:00+0100
End: 2025-04-04T15:45:00+0100

In-person
1-4 April 2025
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Friday April 4, 2025 15:15 - 15:45 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance S10 | Room C

Every request in a cloud-native application needs authorization, but let's be honest: most developers see it as a pain-point rather than an advantage. This talk explores why authorization belongs in your application's critical path, and how making it a core part of the development process improves developer experience.
We'll look at how CNCF authorization projects and open standards from the OpenID Foundation are rethinking authorization from the ground up. Through real-world examples, we'll show how modern authorization patterns fit into existing workflows, help catch access control bugs early, and make developers' lives easier.
Attendees will leave with practical patterns for building maintainable access control logic, strategies for testing authorization rules effectively, and proven approaches for embedding security into your development workflow from the start. Whether you're building new systems or improving existing ones, you'll learn how to make authorization work for you.

Speakers

Dan Maher

Open Source Engineer, Cerbos

Dan has worked in a variety of environments from start-ups to global corporations, including stints as a founder, university lecturer, and a day labourer. Today, Dan is a global core member of the DevOpsDays conference series, Senior DevRel Manager at Cerbos, and full time open source... Read More →

Friday April 4, 2025 15:15 - 15:45 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance S10 | Room C

Application Development

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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025

Dan Maher

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