Securing Microservices - A Practical Guide
Explore practical approaches to securing microservices in this informative conference talk. Delve into the challenges of application design in a distributed environment, focusing on security considerations unique to microservices architecture. Learn how to implement industry-wide standards like OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and social sign-on methods through the lens of a real-world scenario using the text-based microservice adventure Game On!. Discover strategies for achieving dev/production parity and gain insights into utilizing JSON web tokens, time-related fields, and message hashing. Understand the importance of adapting security practices when transitioning from monolithic to microservices-based applications, and explore the implementation of these concepts using tools like GitHub and Liberty.