Definition
Service Mesh Security refers to the protection of inter-service communications within microservices architectures through mutual TLS, fine-grained access policies, traffic encryption, and observability provided by service mesh platforms like Istio and Linkerd.
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Container Security
Container Security encompasses the tools, policies, and practices for protecting containerized applications throughout their lifecycle, from image building and registry storage to runtime deployment and orchestration.
Kubernetes Security
Kubernetes Security involves protecting all components of Kubernetes container orchestration platforms, including the control plane, worker nodes, pods, network policies, secrets management, and RBAC configurations.
Micro-Segmentation
Micro-Segmentation is a security technique that creates fine-grained security zones around individual workloads or applications, enforcing strict access policies that prevent lateral movement even within the same network segment.
Zero Trust
Zero Trust is a security framework that requires all users, devices, and applications to be verified, authenticated, and continuously validated before being granted access to resources, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the network perimeter.
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