KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe

Project Lightning Talk: Beyond Guardrails: Resource Lifecycle Automation With Kyverno - Ammar Yasser

4:39 · 23 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2026 · YouTube

About this talk

In this lightning talk, Ammar Yasser, a maintainer of Kyverno, discusses the importance of resource lifecycle automation within Kubernetes. The session emphasizes that while policies are effective guardrails for cluster configurations, there is much more to Kubernetes native policy management. Yasser showcases how organizations can transition from simply blocking requests to actively managing resource lifecycles through Kyverno's mutating, generating, and cleanup policies. The talk aims to highlight how these capabilities can streamline platform engineering processes and reduce operational toil.