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Latest Articles<br>August 11, 2026·13 min read<br>openDesk Edu is systematically aligning with the ZKI IT-Grundschutz-Profil — the higher education adaptation of the BSI baseline — through enforceable Kyverno policies, hardened GitOps pipelines, and a transparent gap analysis. Here's where we stand and what's next.<br>SecurityCompliancezkiit-grundschutzbsicompliancekyvernosecurityhigher-educationisms
August 6, 2026·6 min read<br>openDesk Edu is Kubernetes-native, so the platform decision comes first. A neutral comparison of SCS and Proxmox VE with K3s for universities — governance, certification, portability, and operations.<br>Architecture
scs<br>sovereign-cloud-stack<br>proxmox<br>k3s<br>kubernetes<br>architecture<br>procurement<br>sovereignty<br>The Nix Shift: 100% NixOS Containers for openDesk Edu<br>August 5, 2026·10 min read<br>Complete NixOS container migration: 78 services, 0 CVEs, Cosign-signed images, SBOM for every image, full K8s deployment on a production K3s cluster.<br>Engineeringnixnixoscontainersdockerkubernetesopenspecdevopssecuritysbomcosign
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ZKI IT-Grundschutz Compliance: openDesk Edu's Journey Toward the Higher Education Security Baseline
SCS vs. Proxmox + K3s: Choosing a Base for openDesk Edu