A Fork to Reckon With: Minimizing Friction When Adopting... Alexander Perlman & Narayanamurthi Mari
Alexander Perlman, Narayanamurthi Mari
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
In today's fast-paced technological landscape, the adoption of open-source software (OSS) is almost a prerequisite for innovation and efficiency. However, for organizations operating in highly regulated industries, the path to leveraging off-the-shelf OSS is often fraught with challenges. This talk, "A Fork to Reckon With," delivered by Alexander Perlman and Narayanamurthi Mari from Capital One, addresses the pervasive "Not Invented Here" (NIH) syndrome by outlining practical strategies to bridge capability gaps in open-source dependencies, rather than resorting to costly and unsustainable custom builds.
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This talk provides a highly practical framework for organizations, particularly those in regulated sectors, to overcome the "Not Invented Here" syndrome by strategically addressing capability gaps in open-source software. The in-depth exploration of Kyverno-based mutation for Kubernetes environments offers a powerful, low-friction method to enforce security contexts, image policies, and resource governance without modifying upstream code. It’s a solid technical deep dive with clear, actionable defensive implications for platform teams and security architects.