Security

Presenters John Keates Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Unifying the Chaos: How Veon Breto Group Mastered Workflows with Argo 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever felt like your company’s workflows are a tangled mess of legacy systems, custom scripts, and a hundred different ways to do the same thing? If so, you’re not alone. John Keates from the Veon Breto Group, a major e-commerce retail player in the Netherlands and neighboring countries, knows this pain all too well. His recent talk peeled back the curtain on how his team tackled this colossal challenge, moving from workflow anarchy to a streamlined, GitOps-driven, Argo-powered paradise. ...

Presenters Tim Collins Becky Pauley Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Mastering Argo Workflows: Essential Dos and Don’ts for Scalability, Security, and Sanity 🚀 Argo Workflows is a powerhouse for orchestrating complex processes within your Kubernetes cluster. But like any powerful tool, it comes with its own set of nuances. Becky Pauley from Tailscale and Tim Collins, an Argo maintainer from Pipekit, recently shared invaluable insights into navigating the common pitfalls and unlocking the true potential of Argo Workflows. This post distills their expert advice into actionable dos and don’ts, covering everything from fundamental misunderstandings to advanced scaling and security strategies. ...

Presenters Andrew Block Blake Pettersson Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Unlocking Agnostic Workload Identity in Argo with SPIFFE Inspire: A Game Changer for GitOps Security! 🚀 Secrets are everywhere, and managing them securely in a GitOps world has been a persistent headache. But what if we told you there’s a powerful solution on the horizon that promises to revolutionize how your Argo ecosystem handles credentials? Andrew Block, Distinguished Architect at Red Hat, and Blake Pettersson, Senior Solutions Architect at Accurity, recently took the stage to unveil a compelling vision for agnostic workload identity across the Argo system using SPIFFE Inspire. This isn’t just about integrating a new tool; it’s about fundamentally changing how we approach security in our cloud-native environments. ...

Presenters Regina Voloshin Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 Stop Doing GitOps Wrong: 5 Argo CD Pitfalls and How to Fix Them GitOps starts as a dream. You install Argo CD, deploy your first few applications, and the team feels unstoppable. But fast forward six months, and many organizations find themselves staring at a tangled mess that refuses to scale. Regina Voloshin, an Argo CD maintainer at Octopus Deploy and a top contributor for the last 6 months, identifies the hidden traps that turn a clean setup into a maintenance nightmare. With only 3 women among 35 maintainers in the project, Regina brings a crucial perspective on how to build sustainable, developer-friendly delivery pipelines. ...

Presenters Atulpriya Sharma Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 Your Most Privileged User Isn’t Human: Securing AI Agents in Production 🤖💡 Ever wonder who’s the most powerful entity in your system today? It’s probably not a human. It’s your AI agent. And while these autonomous digital workers are revolutionizing how we operate, they’re also creating gaps in our security postures that we urgently need to address. Atulpriya Sharma, a Senior Developer Advocate at Improving (formerly InfraCloud), CNCF Ambassador, and co-chair of KubeCon India 2025, recently shed light on this critical challenge. He compellingly argued that our existing security paradigms, built for humans, are simply not ready for the unique nature of AI agents. ...