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Securing a Kafka Cluster
This course will teach you how to properly secure your Apache Kafka installation by leveraging its security features.
What you'll learn
Having a secure system is the number one priority of every company. In this course, Securing a Kafka Cluster, you’ll learn to effectively introduce various security mechanisms to protect your data. First, you’ll explore how data encryption can be applied to all communication passing through your Kafka cluster. Next, you’ll discover all the options that Kafka has in terms of authentication. Finally, you’ll learn how to authorize various clients based on their type. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of all the tools and practices needed to secure a Kafka cluster.
About the author
Bogdan Sucaciu is a Software Engineer at Axual in The Netherlands, where he is taking part in building a Streaming Platform designed to share information in real-time, enabling instant processing of incoming events. He has several years of experience "cooking" software with JVM-based languages, some flavors of web technologies and garnishing with automated testing.