Anupama Bhat delivered security policy hardening for the zalando-incubator/kubernetes-on-aws repository by developing and deploying a dedicated Playground Power-User IAM policy. She scoped the policy’s attachment specifically to the playground Kubernetes cluster, reducing the risk of elevated permissions outside the intended environment. Using YAML and leveraging her expertise in cloud infrastructure and DevOps, Anupama implemented policy-as-code practices with clear commit traceability. Her work focused on improving compliance readiness and deployment hygiene, enabling safer testing workflows. Over the month, she concentrated on secure policy enforcement rather than bug fixes, demonstrating depth in IAM and Kubernetes security within cloud-native environments.