Module 16: Production Architecture & Capstone Slides
Slide walkthrough for Module 16 of Cloud Native Security Engineering: Securing Kubernetes, Workloads, APIs & Zero Trust Systems: Build a production-grade...
This slide page is the visual review companion for the full course module. Use it to recap the architecture, examples, exercises, production warnings, and takeaways after reading the lesson.
Slide Outline
- Production Architecture & Capstone - Build a production-grade cloud-native security platform combining all five pillars
- Learning Objectives - 4 outcomes for this module
- Why This Module Matters - This capstone is your proof of competence. Building a complete security platform end-to-end demonstrates that you can ar
- What You Will Build - Lesson section from the full module
- Architecture Decisions - Lesson section from the full module
- Attack Simulation - Lesson section from the full module
- What This Proves - Lesson section from the full module
- Real-World Use Cases - Building production-grade security platforms, Architecture design for security compliance
- Hands-On Labs - 1 hands-on lab
- Key Takeaways - 5 points to remember
Learning Objectives
- Design an end-to-end production security architecture
- Deploy the complete cloud-native security stack
- Implement all five pillars: identity, zero trust, policy, runtime, supply chain
- Test with attack simulations and verify containment
Why This Module Matters
This capstone is your proof of competence. Building a complete security platform end-to-end demonstrates that you can architect, deploy, and operate production security infrastructure — not just follow tutorials. This is what you put on your resume, discuss in interviews, and present to your engineering leadership.
Key Takeaways
- Five pillars working together: identity, zero trust, policy, runtime, supply chain
- Each pillar catches threats the others miss — defense in depth
- Attack simulation proves your controls work — do not assume
- Document architecture decisions — they are your organizational security standard
- This reference architecture is your template for production deployments
Hands-On Labs
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Capstone: Production Cloud Native Security Platform
Deploy the complete security stack end-to-end.
3 hours - Advanced
- Create a Kind cluster with 3 worker nodes
- Deploy SPIRE Server (HA) and Agents
- Deploy application with Envoy sidecars and mTLS
- Deploy OPA Gatekeeper + Kyverno policies
- Deploy Falco + Tetragon for runtime detection
- Configure Vault with SPIFFE authentication
- Set up image signing with Cosign
- Deploy OpenTelemetry + Prometheus + Grafana
- Run attack simulations and verify containment
- Document architecture decisions