Beyond the Gateway: Securing Microservices with Istio's Zero-Trust Model

In a modern Kubernetes environment, perimeter security is no longer enough. We need to secure traffic within our cluster. This talk provides a practical guide to implementing a zero-trust network using Istio. We’ll move beyond ingress gateways and explore how Istio’s service mesh capabilities like automatic mutual TLS (mTLS), fine-grained Authorization Policies, and JWT validation can secure your services from the inside out, without a single line of application code change.

1. Mofesola Babalola Site Reliability Engineer
21. Mofesola Babalola https://www.linkedin.com/in/mofesola/ Helpful Resources • https://mofesola.me/securing-the-path-from-edge-to-mesh-with-istio-fa7f 4b2b258e • https://www.linkedin.com/learning/kubernetes-service-mesh-with-istio-25 332503/making-microservices-simple-with-istio