Secure Your Modular Monolith by Pretending It's a Cat

Explore a humorous yet insightful conference talk from NDC London where William Brander draws clever parallels between caring for cats and securing modular monoliths. Learn which security concerns are crucial when working with modular monolith architecture and how to implement them effectively to prevent disasters when scaling your system. Discover why security is relatively straightforward when everything remains within the monolith's boundaries, but becomes increasingly challenging as modules scale outward. The presentation offers practical advice on planning security measures upfront, similar to preparing for a cat's needs, with valuable lessons applicable even for "dog people" developers. This 43-minute talk combines architectural wisdom with entertaining feline analogies to make security concepts more accessible and memorable.