Resiliency by design: Internal platform’s contribution to cloud stability

In today’s enterprise environments, maintaining resilient data streaming platforms requires a strategic approach that balances developer empowerment, security, and operational efficiency. Gaurav Saxena’s presentation will focus on the role of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) in streamlining development workflows and enhancing application portability, while fortifying the software supply chain. Saxena will delve into the core components of an IDP, explaining how it reduces cognitive load, promotes consistent development practices, and enables self-service infrastructure for developers. He will highlight the use of the Open Application Model (OAM) to define platform-agnostic applications, ensuring portability across diverse environments, and demonstrate how Crossplane can extend Kubernetes clusters to manage infrastructure resources like databases and message queues from within an IDP. The talk will also cover the critical need for observability strategies, helping teams proactively monitor application health, performance, and security posture using metrics, logs, and traces. Securing the software supply chain is another key focus, with discussions on modern tools like Melange, Apko, and Wolfi for building minimal and secure container images, and the Sigstore project for ensuring the integrity and authenticity of container images. Saxena will also demonstrate the use of KubeWarden for Kubernetes admission control and SPIFFE for workload attestation to further safeguard cloud-native platforms. This presentation is designed for platform engineers, DevOps engineers, security engineers, and anyone involved in building and managing cloud-native applications at scale. Participants will leave with actionable insights on building secure, scalable, and developer-friendly data streaming platforms. Learn more: https://platformcon.com/sessions/resiliency-by-design-internal-platform-s-contribution-to-cloud-stability