Secure Apache Kafka^® with Confluent

Problem: Democratizing data and event streams across a company introduces the requirement to deploy access controls and policy enforcement at scale for both users and applications. This is not available with open source Apache Kafka and requires custom tooling that can delay applications from moving to production by months if not years.

• Establish scalable and centralized roles and privileges definitions for users and apps across your event streaming platform with Role Based Access controls (RBAC)
• Gain real-time insights into platform authorization logs and other security events with Audit Logs to quickly take action and deal with suspicious activity

Problem: Defining configurations that meet an organization's data security and configuration requirements for Kafka and its complete ecosystem can be a process that takes months, if not years. This can indefinitely delay launch of value generating applications as well as reduce overall developer productivity due to lack of secure resources to build event-driven applications.

• Reduce risk of data leaks with automated cluster provisioning options that include best-practices configurations and implement least privilege principles by default with self-serve provisioning in Confluent Cloud and Confluent Operator and Ansible in Confluent Platform
• Add additional security layers to Confluent Cloud as part of provisioning with private networking options - including VPC/Vnet peering, AWS Transit Gateway and AWS PrivateLink)- and customer managed encryption keys for data at-rest on Dedicated clusters

Problem: Security and compliance are top of mind concerns for both business and technical leaders as applications are built or modernized in the cloud. Adopting best of breed technologies can be operationally complex without a managed service that can be trusted in terms of reliability, security & compliance. If a service does not check all the boxes, companies are forced to self manage clusters instead of focusing on app developing activities that generate business value.

• Focus on app development and confidently stream using Kafka with Confluent’s fully managed service designed to be secure from the start and whose security controls & operational practices have been validated with SOC I, III & ISO 27001 certifications
• Effortlessly maintain data privacy and regulation requirements across the entire globe with a fully-managed service available across +40 regions on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.