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Presenters Nitish Kumar Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 Level Up Your Argo CD Contributions: A Guide to Local Development If you have ever considered contributing to the Argo CD project, you might have felt overwhelmed by the initial setup. At a recent talk, Nitish Kumar, a Software Engineer at Akuity, Argo CD maintainer, and CNCF Ambassador, shared his expert insights on streamlining the local development process. Argo CD is a powerful, distributed system, but its complexity can make local development feel like a daunting task. Nitish breaks down how to move from a “painful” manual workflow to a seamless, automated experience using modern tools. ...

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. ...

Presenters Kevin Conner Firas Ghanmi Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 Quantum-Proofing Sigstore: Three Bold Approaches to Secure Our Software Supply Chain 🚀 The digital world runs on trust, and in the realm of software, that trust increasingly relies on robust supply chain security. Sigstore stands as a critical pillar, ensuring the integrity and authenticity of software artifacts. But what happens when the very foundations of our cryptographic security are threatened? Enter quantum computing – a game-changer that could render today’s most secure algorithms obsolete. ...

Presenters Madalin Neag Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 Navigating the Global Compliance Maze: How OpenSSF OSPO’s Baseline Simplifies Security for Open Source 🌐🛡️ The world of open source software is a vibrant, collaborative engine powering critical infrastructure across the globe. From finance and healthcare to transportation and energy, open source projects are the unsung heroes. But as these projects grow in importance, so does the scrutiny they face, particularly regarding security and compliance. Madalin Neag, an EU Policy Advisor at OpenSSF, sheds light on the increasingly complex regulatory landscape and introduces a powerful solution: the OpenSSF OSPO’s Baseline. ...

Presenters Thijs Ebbers Tadeo Sanchez Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 🛡️ Beyond Zero Trust: How ING Achieves Zero Breaches with Zero Privilege Architecture Imagine a world where production environments run autonomously, human error is designed out of the system, and security breaches simply don’t happen. For the team at ING, this isn’t a pipe dream—it is their daily reality. In a recent deep dive, Thijs Ebbers (Architect) and Tadeo Sanchez (Lead Engineer) shared the secrets behind their container hosting platform’s success. The numbers speak for themselves: zero security breaches and 100% uptime. 🚀 ...