KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026: Full Schedule

18-19 June
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12:40pm IST

Zero Trust for Autonomous Agents: Isolating AI Workloads on Kubernetes - Kanagalingam Senthalan, WSO2

Friday June 19, 2026 12:40pm - 1:10pm IST

205 (Level 2)

AI Agents are moving from experimental scripts to autonomous "digital employees" creating a new security crisis. Because agents determine their own execution paths, standard security fails. Securing them requires strictly enforcing the 4 Pillars of Governance: Administration, Authentication, Authorization, and Audit at the infrastructure layer.

This talk presents a practical implementation of these pillars using Cell-Based Architecture on Kubernetes. We will demonstrate how to encapsulate agents into governed "Cells" to enforce Zero Trust controls at every critical traffic boundary:
1. User → Agent
2. Agent → Agent
3. Agent → Tool
4. Agent → LLM

We will translate these pillars into real Kubernetes primitives, giving attendees a blueprint to move from "unmanaged bots" to hardened, enterprise-ready workloads. All patterns demonstrated use CNCF-hosted projects and open-source identity primitives leveraging open standards like OIDC and OAuth 2.0.

Speakers

Kanagalingam Senthalan

Technical Lead, WSO2

Kanagalingam Senthalan is a core contributor and technical lead for Project Thunder, an open-source identity service designed for cloud-native workloads including AI agents. Previously, he led the Application Identity team for WSO2 Internal Developer Platform, where he embedded security... Read More →

Friday June 19, 2026 12:40pm - 1:10pm IST
205 (Level 2)

Security

Content Experience Level Any

2:30pm IST

How We Stopped a Crypto-mining Attack in Kubernetes Caused by a Next.js RCE - Achanandhi M & Tamil Vanan Karuppannan

Friday June 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm IST

Lotus 1 (Level 3)

Modern frameworks help teams move fast, but a single vulnerability can quickly escalate into a serious security incident.

In this talk, we simulate a real-world attack scenario where a publicly disclosed RCE vulnerability in Next.js is exploited to deploy crypto-mining workloads inside a Kubernetes cluster. We demonstrate how an application-level vulnerability can quickly escalate into a cluster-wide threat - and how to prevent it before it does.

We’ll break down how such an attack unfolds, the runtime indicators that can expose it, and why patching the application alone isn’t enough.

We’ll then demonstrate how to stop this class of attack using Falco for runtime threat detection and Kyverno for policy enforcement - detecting malicious activity, blocking misuse, and limiting blast radius.

Finally, we’ll share Kubernetes security best practices including resource limits, workload isolation, security policies, and improved runtime visibility to help teams better secure their clusters.

Speakers

Tamil Vanan Karuppannan

Principal Engineer

Tamil vanan is a cloud native Tech lead. He is passionate about finding solutions to problems in the cloud native environment.

He works with cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, multi-cloud and networking. He is a passionate supporter of open source and CNCF and actively participates in it... Read More →

Achanandhi M

Developer Advocate

Friday June 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm IST
Lotus 1 (Level 3)

Security

4:50pm IST

Zero Trust for Fintech: Building Secure Banking Infrastructure With Cilium - Prasta Maha & Herbert Sianturi, Krom Bank Indonesia

Friday June 19, 2026 4:50pm - 5:20pm IST

Lotus 1 (Level 3)

In the highly regulated world of banking, "security by default" isn't just a buzzword, but it is a compliance requirement. As financial institutions migrate to Kubernetes, they face a critical challenge: How do you enforce strict network segregation, achieve Zero Trust, and maintain deep observability.

This session explores how to leverage Cilium and eBPF to build a battle-hardened banking infrastructure. We will move beyond standard Kubernetes Network Policies, demonstrating how to implement Layer 7 filtering, transparent encryption, and deep observability in service communications.

Attendees will receive a practical roadmap for:
- Enforcing Zero Trust: Using Cilium Network Policies to restrict traffic based on identity and fqdn, not just IP addresses.
- Achieving Compliance: implementing Transparent Encryption (WireGuard/IPsec) to meet data-in-transit requirements.
- Auditing: Utilizing Hubble for deep visibility into dropped packets and flow logs to satisfy security audits.

Speakers

Herbert Sianturi

Senior DevOps Engineer, Krom Bank Indonesia

Herbert Sianturi serves as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Krom Bank Indonesia, where he roles spearheads efforts in enhancing the quality of end-to-end application lifecycle and applying open source platform as a base. With years of expertise in container orchestration and cloud computing... Read More →

Prasta Maha

Senior Devops Engineer, Krom Bank Indonesia

Prasta is passionate about tech, especially Linux, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Data Engineering, Security, and Programming. He also shares his tech experiences and insights on https://medium.com/prastamaha

website: https://prastamaha.dev

Friday June 19, 2026 4:50pm - 5:20pm IST
Lotus 1 (Level 3)

Security

Content Experience Level Any

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026

12:40pm IST

Kanagalingam Senthalan

2:30pm IST

Tamil Vanan Karuppannan

Achanandhi M

4:50pm IST

Herbert Sianturi

Prasta Maha

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