Cloud Native Malmö

Open Policy Agent: Securing APIs with Policy as Code

Attendees: 10
in-person
Event date
November 17, 2025
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM CET
Location
Valvet Tech AB, 5 Djäknegatan
About this event

Join our third Cloud Native Malmö event featuring Hugo Sjöberg, an expert in cloud native technologies, as he helps us explore Open Policy Agent.

Dive into Open Policy Agent (OPA) and how it enables policy as code for securing cloud-native systems. We’ll cover writing and enforcing policies, keeping OPA in sync with dynamic data, and real-world strategies for managing policies at scale.

Overview on Hugo's presentation:

  • Introduction: Why Policy as Code for APIs

    • What Open Policy Agent (OPA) is and how it enables policy as code

    • Where OPA fits in API stacks (API gateways, service meshes, microservices)

    • Why OPA?

  • Writing and Enforcing API Policies

    • Super quick overview of Rego (OPA’s policy language)

    • Examples of API policies

  • Keeping OPA in sync with external data

  • Hands-On Demo / Examples

  • Closing

    • State of OPA

    • Q&A

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