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AWS Config vs Kubernetes Native Policy Engines: Who Governs What?
- In cloud-native environments, compliance and governance are crucial for security and operational efficiency.
- AWS Config and Kubernetes-native engines like OPA and Kyverno play different roles in governing containerized workloads.
- AWS Config focuses on cloud-wide compliance, while Kubernetes-native engines handle cluster-level policy enforcement.
- AWS Config monitors and evaluates AWS resource configurations against desired states for compliance.
- AWS Config can detect misconfigurations in Amazon EKS (e.g., public clusters) and ECS (e.g., privileged access for containers).
- Config rules in AWS include managed and custom rules for evaluating compliance in real time.
- Kyverno and OPA Gatekeeper are Kubernetes-native policy engines that enforce policies using code.
- AWS Config excels in infrastructure-level governance, while Kyverno/OPA are best for workload-level enforcement within Kubernetes.
- AWS Config and Kubernetes-native engines complement each other, offering comprehensive governance in cloud-native environments.
- Adopting a DevSecOps approach with AWS Config and Kubernetes-native engines ensures security and compliance at every stage of the delivery pipeline.
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