Learn How to Secure Your Apache Kafka Cluster Automatically

Confluent Developer offers a free hands-on course on securing Apache Kafka workloads with Confluent Cloud, emphasizing that open-source Kafka is unsecured by default and can be difficult to protect and manage when self-hosted. The course covers authentication through SAML-based single sign-on, API keys, and OAuth, as well as authorization through ACLs and scalable role-based access control, which centralizes permissions and can simplify compliance reviews. Confluent Cloud encrypts data at rest and in transit using TLS 1.2, supports bring-your-own-key encryption and private networking options, and captures audit logs by default in Kafka topics for near-real-time monitoring. It also highlights compliance support for standards and regulations including SOC, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, TiSAX, and financial-services requirements, positioning managed security features as tools for organizations handling sensitive or regulated data.

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