AWS Big Data Blog
Author: Stéphane Maarek
Gain visibility into your Amazon MSK cluster by deploying the Conduktor Platform
This is a guest post by AWS Data Hero and co-founder of Conduktor, Stephane Maarek. Deploying Apache Kafka on AWS is now easier, thanks to Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK). In a few clicks, it provides you with a production-ready Kafka cluster on which you can run your applications and create data […]
Securing Apache Kafka is easy and familiar with IAM Access Control for Amazon MSK
September 2025: This post was reviewed and updated for accuracy. AWS launched IAM Access Control for Amazon MSK, which is a security option offered at no additional cost that simplifies cluster authentication and Apache Kafka API authorization using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles or user policies to control access. This eliminates the need […]