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Kyverno is an open-source Kubernetes policy engine focused on enforcing, validating, and mutating cluster resources using Policy-as-Code, and is maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) community. It allows teams to define policies as Kubernetes-native resources (CRDs) and apply them consistently across clusters to improve governance, security, and operational standards. Common capabilities include validating manifests at admission time, automatically mutating resources to match best practices (for example, adding labels or security settings), generating related resources from templates, and reporting policy compliance for auditing. Kyverno is typically used to standardize configurations across namespaces and environments, enforce security controls (such as image registry restrictions or required Pod security settings), and automate guardrails for CI/CD-driven deployments; see the Kyverno documentation for policy syntax and feature details.
Orchestration systems decide where and when workloads run on a cluster of machines (physical or virtual). On top of that, orchestration systems usually help manage the lifecycle of the workloads running on them. Nowadays, these systems are usually used to orchestrate containers, with the most popular one being Kubernetes.
There are many advantages to using Orchestration tools:
Kyverno is a Kubernetes-native policy engine that defines and enforces policies as Kubernetes resources, making governance and automation easier to manage alongside cluster configuration. It is used to validate, mutate, and generate resources to improve security, compliance, and operational consistency.
Kyverno is a strong fit when policies should be expressed in Kubernetes-native YAML and managed like other cluster resources. Trade-offs include additional admission webhook latency and the need to design policies carefully to avoid blocking legitimate workloads during rollout.
Common alternatives include OPA with Gatekeeper, Kubewarden, and native Kubernetes admission webhooks.
Our experience with Kyverno helped us build practical knowledge, reusable policy patterns, and automation workflows that make Kubernetes governance easier to implement and maintain across different teams and environments. We’ve used Kyverno to move policy enforcement closer to delivery pipelines, reduce configuration drift, and standardize security and compliance controls without slowing down developers.
Some of the things we did include:
This experience helped us accumulate significant knowledge across multiple Kyverno use-cases—from security enforcement to platform automation—and enables us to deliver high-quality Kyverno setups that are maintainable, auditable, and aligned with how teams actually ship workloads on Kubernetes.
Some of the things we can help you do with Kyverno include: