Siddhanth Lathar

Siddhanth Lathar

Solutions Architect

AWS MSK Authentication: OIDC and mTLS Without Touching the Broker

AWS MSK Authentication: OIDC and mTLS Without Touching the Broker

AWS MSK clients can only use IAM, SCRAM, or ACM-bound mTLS. Here's how to use OIDC and mTLS with AWS MSK by terminating the scheme at a Kafka proxy.

Jul 21, 2026Read →

Connect Kafka Across VPCs Without Extra Peering

Connect Kafka Across VPCs Without Extra Peering

Reaching Kafka across VPCs isn't a networking problem, it's an addressing one. Why peering, transit gateways, and per-broker NLBs miss it.

Jul 2, 2026Read →

FedRAMP High for Kafka Without Replatforming

FedRAMP High for Kafka Without Replatforming

Your Kafka cluster isn't FedRAMP High and replatforming everything is a no-go? Encrypt and sign records at the proxy layer inside your own environment.

Jun 8, 2026Read →