Using Workload Identity Federation to Increase Developer Productivity

Explore how Ford Motor Company leverages Workload Identity Federation and Service Account Token Volume projection to enhance developer productivity and security in this 34-minute conference talk from CNCF. Discover the challenges of managing personal access tokens for external APIs and learn how these Kubernetes features address issues such as token approval, secure storage, scope limitation, and transmission across systems. Gain insights into Ford's long-standing Kubernetes usage and how these recent advancements enable effective and secure API token management for both developers and platform engineers.