Policy as Code
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About this event
Open Policy Agent (OPA) is a policy engine that enables policy enforcement across the entire application and infrastructure stack. Policies are defined using a high level language called Rego.
OPA evaluates queries posed by application against predefined policies and returns a decision to the application; this allows policy decisions to be decoupled from application where they are enforced.
In this demo oriented workshop, we will give a brief overview of the policy language Rego and show how you might use Rego and OPA in the following use cases:
- Make decisions regarding access control in a Node application. We will also see how to deploy such an application to a Kubernetes cluster.
- Validate if configuration files are well formed; we will show examples of how you might enforce best practices for Kubernetes resources in a Skaffold pipeline prior to deployment.
This workshop assumes some level familiarity with web application, Docker and Kubernetes.
Note: Rego and OPA can also be used as a policy engine (Gatekeeper) in Kubernetes. This use case will NOT be covered in this workshop.
Organiser NUS ISS
Organiser of Policy as Code
Established in 1981, the Institute of Systems Science at National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS) develops digital talent for the industry through graduate education, professional development programmes, consultancy, applied research and career services. NUS-ISS is widely recognised as a champion of the national SkillsFuture movement, enabling a digital economy that is always learning and always leading.
NUS-ISS has implemented a unique portfolio of multiple learning pathways, with a wide spectrum of programmes in critical industry disciplines, such as software development, data science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, smart health, digital government and digital innovation.
To date, over 135,000 infocomm & business professionals, 7,200 corporate customers and 6,250 post-graduate alumni members have benefitted from NUS-ISS’s suite of services. Its programmes are delivered by NUS-ISS staff with an average of more than 20 years of industry experience.
