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Menlo Park, California
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Gaurav Singh

The Invisible Fortress: Embedding Zero-Trust Governance in the Supergraph

Cortes Bank
Security

Session description

In high-stakes industries, a GraphQL schema is more than a technical contract—it is a live map of your enterprise’s risk surface. For security teams, schema modifications are often "black box" events that threaten data integrity. To scale safely, we must move beyond manual gatekeeping to a Zero-Trust Supergraph where security is an invisible, automated fortress. We will present a framework for Embedded Governance to bridge engineering and enterprise risk. Learn how to transform your graph's technical "menu" into a transparent Data Marketplace with radical observability, ensuring built-in security and compliance. Attendees will learn to: - Navigate the Risk Primer: Translate GraphQL features (types, fields, directives) into risk language to build organizational trust. - Shift Security Left: Automate security with secure frameworks & replacing manual reviews. - Architect for Data Isolation: Use of fine grained access to manage entitlements and prevent unauthorized data exposure. - Harden the Control Plane: Reduce attack surface using technical strategies like disabling introspection and enforcing persisted query ownership.


Session speakers

Gaurav Singh

Capital One, Distinguished Engineer

Gaurav Singh serves as a Distinguished Engineer and Cybersecurity Architect at Capital One. His contributions were pivotal in the enablement of GraphQL Federation throughout the enterprise, which involved the introduction of open-source GraphQL federation products , a dedicated GraphQL APIs marketplace, and automated governance. He is currently focused on the Cybersecurity space, where his core responsibilities involve creating secure and compliant, intelligent data-driven software solutions.

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