From the course: Microservices and API Security for Security Architects: From Gateway Protection to Container Security

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Service mesh security controls

Service mesh security controls

From the course: Microservices and API Security for Security Architects: From Gateway Protection to Container Security

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Service mesh security controls

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- [Speaker] Service mesh platforms provide a comprehensive set of security controls that address the unique challenges of microservices architectures. Popular service meshes like Istio, and Linkerd, provide enterprise-grade security controls that would be complex or cost-prohibitive to implement in individual services. They follow principles such as zero-trust networking, separation of security concerns from application code and defense in depth through multiple layers of controls. They transform security from a developer concern to an infrastructure capability, ensuring consistent protection across your entire microservices ecosystem. These service meshes provide you controls such as automatic encryption, strong identity management, fine-grained access control, and comprehensive security observability, all without modifying your application code. Service meshes implement strong identity management as their foundation…

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