Platform Engineering Loves Security: Shift Down To Your Platform... Maxime Coquerel & Mathieu Benoit
Maxime Coquerel, Mathieu Benoit
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
In this insightful KubeCon EU talk, Maxime Coquerel and Mathieu Benoit tackle the perennial challenge of integrating robust security practices within the fast-paced, complex landscape of cloud-native development. They argue that traditional "shift-left" security approaches, which often push security responsibilities onto developers, can lead to friction, slow down innovation, and ultimately reduce developer happiness. Instead, the speakers advocate for a "shift-down" strategy, leveraging **Platform Engineering** to embed security controls and best practices directly into an **Internal Developer Platform (IDP)**.
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This talk offers a pragmatic and actionable framework for integrating security into cloud-native development by advocating a "shift-down" approach via Platform Engineering. It effectively challenges traditional "shift-left" dogma, providing concrete strategies, tools, and a product-centric mindset for building secure-by-default Internal Developer Platforms. While lacking a live demo, its conceptual depth, focus on preventive controls, and clear defensive implications make it a valuable resource for platform architects and security leaders aiming to reconcile developer velocity with robust…