Amani Newton gives us a primer on Apache Kafka security:
The largest companies in the world use Apache Kafka® for their real-time streaming data pipelines and applications. Kafka is the basis for the real-time fraud text alerts from your bank and the network-connected medical devices used in your local hospital. Securing customer or patient data as it flows through the Kafka system is crucial. However, out of the box, Kafka has relatively little security enabled. This blog post previews the free Confluent Developer course that teaches the basics of securing your Apache Kafka-based system.
Click through for the overview.