# KubeCon Europe 2025: Why Identity is the New Backbone of Secure Infrastructure

DevFeed: [KubeCon Europe 2025: Why Identity is the New Backbone of Secure Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kubecon-europe-2025-why-identity-is-the-new-backbone-of-secure-infrastructure-29732.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/kubecon-eu-2025/>)

Author: david.sudia@goteleport.com (Dave Sudia)

Published: 2025-04-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>), [policy-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/policy-as-code.md>), [WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-assembly.md>), [sigstore](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sigstore.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [kubecon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubecon.md>), [kubecon-eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubecon-eu.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [policy-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy-as-code.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sigstore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sigstore.md>), [software-supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain-security.md>), [webassembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webassembly.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article from KubeCon Europe 2025 argues that identity is central to securing cloud-native infrastructure. It connects platform engineering, AI workloads, software supply chain security, and WebAssembly with the need for short-lived, auditable identities and verified access for human and non-human actors.

## Source excerpt

At KubeCon EU 2025, identity emerged as the key to cloud-native security. Learn why teams are shifting to short-lived, auditable identities--and how Teleport leads.