EKS & Kubernetes Security in 2026: The Complete RBAC + IRSA + Pod Identity Production Checklist I Used in Regulated AWS Environments
One of the highest-risk areas in modern cloud environments is Kubernetes. During my time at SWBC, I integrated AWS IAM identities with Kubernetes RBAC across multiple EKS clusters for PCI DSS-compliant financial microservices. Getting this wrong can expose an entire fleet of workloads with a single compromised pod. Here is the exact hardened checklist I…