Name: Workload Identity for Humans: A Twelve-Factor Approach - Vish Abrams, Heroku
Start: 2025-04-03T17:30:00+0100
End: 2025-04-03T18:00:00+0100

In-person
1-4 April 2025
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Thursday April 3, 2025 17:30 - 18:00 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room E

Workload identity in cloud-native systems has largely focused on platform tools. Kubernetes Service Accounts and SPIFFE/SPIRE provide powerful identity primitives, but their flexibility results in bespoke implementations of workload identity from the perspective of the application. This forces application developers to implement custom identity mechanisms for each platform. This talk introduces a more developer-friendly approach. We layer an application-focused workload identity on top of existing CNCF solutions, focusing on simplicity and usability. Drawing on the principles of Twelve-Factor Applications, we will explore how to integrate workload identity into cloud-native applications in a way that feels natural and productive for developers. Attendees will learn practical patterns for incorporating workload identity, gain a clearer understanding of workload identity concepts, and leave with actionable strategies to improve security without sacrificing developer experience.

Speakers

Vish Abrams

Chief Architect, Heroku

Vish Abrams is Chief Architect at Heroku, a subsidiary of Salesforce. Formerly he helped Oracle create their cloud, where he focused on virtualization, containerization, and machine learning. He was also NASA Nebula Technical Lead during the creation of Nova, one of the founding OpenStack... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 17:30 - 18:00 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room E

Application Development

Content Experience Level Beginner

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025

Vish Abrams

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