# Spotlight on Policy Working Group

DevFeed: [Spotlight on Policy Working Group](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/spotlight-on-policy-working-group-17591.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/10/18/wg-policy-spotlight-2025/>)

Author: The Kubernetes Authors

Published: 2025-10-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes Contributors Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-contributors-blog.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Kyverno](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kyverno.md>), [JSON Schema](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json-schema.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [json-schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json-schema.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [kyverno](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kyverno.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This retrospective examines the completed Kubernetes Policy Working Group, its goal of developing an overall architecture for current and future policy implementations, and insights from former co-chairs about policy management in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

(Note: The Policy Working Group has completed its mission and is no longer active. This article reflects its work, accomplishments, and insights into how a working group operates.) In the complex world of Kubernetes, policies play a crucial role in managing and securing clusters. But have you ever wondered how these policies are developed, implemented, and standardized across the Kubernetes ecosystem? To answer that, let's take a look back at the work of the Policy Working Group. The Policy Working Group was dedicated to a critical mission: providing an overall architecture that encompasses both current policy-related implementations and future policy proposals in Kubernetes. Their goal was both ambitious and essential: to develop a universal policy architecture that benefits developers and end-users alike. Through collaborative methods, this working group strove to bring clarity and consistency to the often complex world of Kubernetes policies. By focusing on both existing implementations and future proposals, they ensured that the policy landscape in Kubernetes remains coherent and accessible as the technology evolves. This blog post dives deeper into the work of the Policy Working Group, guided by insights from its former co-chairs: Jim Bugwadia Poonam Lamba Andy Suderman Interviewed by Arujjwal Negi . These co-chairs explained what the Policy Working Group was all about. Introduction Hello, thank you for the time! Let's start with some introductions, could you tell us a bit about yourself, your role, and how you got involved in Kubernetes? Jim Bugwadia: My name is Jim Bugwadia, and I am a co-founder and the CEO at Nirmata which provides solutions that automate security and compliance for cloud-native workloads. At Nirmata, we have been working with Kubernetes since it started in 2014. We initially built a Kubernetes policy engine in our commercial platform and later donated it to CNCF as the Kyverno project. I joined the CNCF Kubernetes Policy Working Group to h