Implementing Zero-Trust Security with Istio mTLS
Implement zero-trust security using Istio service mesh with mutual TLS encryption.
Lab Overview
This hands-on lab teaches you to implement zero-trust security principles using Istio service mesh.
You'll learn to:
- Install Istio service mesh in your Kubernetes cluster
- Enable strict mutual TLS (mTLS) for service-to-service communication
- Configure AuthorizationPolicy resources for fine-grained access control
- Verify encrypted traffic and validate zero-trust implementation
- Monitor mTLS status and certificate rotation
Zero-trust security is essential for platform engineering teams to protect service communication and enforce least-privilege access.
What You'll Learn
Install Istio service mesh in Kubernetes
Enable strict mTLS for all services
Configure AuthorizationPolicy for access control
Verify zero-trust implementation
Prerequisites
kubernetes-fundamentals
networking-basics
security-concepts
Technologies Covered
Part of a Course
This lab is part of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) course
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