May the GitOps Be with You: Conquering Network ACL Challenges - Tushar Gupta, Google

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May the GitOps Be with You: Conquering Network ACL Challenges - Tushar Gupta, Google
Network ACLs are essential for protecting networks of all sizes. They play a pivotal role in protecting data from external threats. Despite their importance, configuring Network ACLs accurately is far from straightforward. Traditional approaches to managing Network ACLs often result in bottlenecks, configuration errors, and limited visibility, challenging network security teams with complexity that can hinder operational efficiency and create security vulnerabilities. Implementing manual changes across firewalls, routers, and load balancers is prone to misconfigurations and inconsistencies that can inadvertently expose services, leaving networks vulnerable. GitOps offers a promising solution by integrating Network ACL management into a CI/CD pipeline, which can then provide automated testing and validation, leading to greater accuracy and security. This talk will explore how GitOps principles drive the automation of ACL deployments. This automation minimizes manual intervention, enforces policy as code, and provides an auditable change tracking system. These benefits streamline network security practices and address the shortcomings of traditional ACL management.