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Achieving Zero Trust Security on Amazon EKS with Istio

Achieving Zero Trust Security on Amazon EKS with Istio

This is the fourth blog post of our “Istio on EKS” series. In this blog post, we’ll explore how Istio, a powerful service mesh, enables organizations to implement a zero trust security model on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). We will start by understanding how Istio implements peer authentication between microservices by Mutual Transport […]

Getting Started with Cilium Service Mesh on Amazon EKS

Getting Started with Cilium Service Mesh on Amazon EKS

Cilium is an open source solution for providing, securing, and observing network connectivity between workloads, powered by the revolutionary kernel technology called extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF). eBPF enables the dynamic insertion of security, visibility, and networking logic into the Linux kernel. Cilium provides high-performance networking, advanced load balancing, transparent encryption, and observability. Cilium was […]

Using Istio Traffic Management on Amazon EKS to Enhance User Experience

Using Istio Traffic Management on Amazon EKS to Enhance User Experience

This is the second blog post in our series “Istio on EKS”, where we uncover Istio’s transformative benefits for microservices in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). In our previous blog, Getting started with Istio on EKS, we explained how to set up Istio on Amazon EKS. We covered core aspects such as Istio Gateway, […]

Getting Started with Istio on Amazon EKS

In the dynamic landscape of modern architecture, making microservices work seamlessly in the cloud can be a puzzle. The transition to microservices often brings complexities related to traffic management, security, and observability. This is where Istio steps in, offering a comprehensive service mesh solution that streamlines these challenges. Istio is an open source service mesh […]