Field notes from the Kafka security team.

compliance

Why 80% of Kafka Clusters Would Fail a SOC 2 Audit Tomorrow

We aggregated findings from 50 production Kafka scans. The patterns are consistent — and uncomfortable. Here's what's actually breaking, mapped to SOC 2 controls, with the fixes.

guides

From Zero to SOC 2: How CryptoSahihai.com Secured Their Kafka Cluster in One Afternoon

CryptoSahihai.com runs a Kafka cluster handling 8 topic types — orders, trades, wallets, KYC events. A complete walkthrough: install KafkaGuard v2.3.0 from scratch, first CLI scan, full 55-control audit, on-prem dashboard setup, and Community license walkthrough. Real output, real screenshots.

guides

KafkaGuard Ultimate Guide Part 1: Your First Kafka Security Scan

We put KafkaGuard through its paces on Pawsman.com's 3-node Confluent Kafka 4.0 cluster — a real pet marketplace processing 50,000 orders a day. Here's the raw output, the real findings, and what they mean for a team preparing for their first SOC 2 audit. Part 1 of 3.

guides

KafkaGuard Ultimate Guide Part 2: The Full 55-Control Compliance Audit

Pawsman.com's payment data is flowing over PLAINTEXT Kafka with no authentication and no ACLs. In Part 2, we run the full 55-control finance-iso audit, generate the PDF report, and walk through PCI-DSS and SOC 2 compliance mapping — using KafkaGuard v2.3.0 against a real Confluent Kafka 4.0 cluster.

guides

KafkaGuard Ultimate Guide Part 3: Dashboard, Continuous Monitoring, and License Activation

One-off scans aren't enough. Pawsman.com sets up the KafkaGuard on-prem dashboard, configures nightly Slack alerts, activates a Starter license for compliance mapping, and achieves continuous Kafka security monitoring — all in under an hour. Part 3 of 3.

compliance

Kafka SOC 2 Compliance Checklist: 55 Controls Auditors Actually Check

Preparing for a SOC 2 audit with Apache Kafka in scope? Here are the 55 controls auditors check — and how to pass them automatically.

guides

How to Set Up KafkaGuard On-Prem: Enterprise Kafka Security in Under 30 Minutes

Deploy KafkaGuard On-Prem in your own environment — air-gapped, no data leaves your network. Walk through installation, your first scan, and team onboarding step by step.

guides

How to Size Your Kafka Cluster: A Step-by-Step Capacity Planning Guide

Use our free Kafka Capacity Planner to calculate the right number of brokers, storage, and network throughput for your workload — with industry presets and custom hardware support.

announcements

Introducing KafkaGuard: Automated Kafka Security Scanning

KafkaGuard v2.3.0 is here — 55 security controls across three policy tiers, 4 report formats, and full enterprise auth support for Apache Kafka clusters.

guides

How to Scan Your Kafka Cluster for PCI-DSS Compliance

A step-by-step guide to using KafkaGuard for PCI-DSS compliance scanning of Apache Kafka clusters.

comparisons

KafkaGuard vs Manual Kafka Audits

Why automated scanning with KafkaGuard beats manual Kafka security audits on time, coverage, and consistency.