A definitive guide for engineering teams to design, implement, and scale zero-trust security models across distributed microservices architectures. Download the blueprints used by top-tier SaaS platforms.
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48 Pages
12 MB
Updated Oct 2024
As modern applications increasingly rely on complex microservice networks, the perimeter defense model is no longer sufficient. This technical guide outlines a zero-trust approach to API security, detailing actionable strategies for authentication, authorization, and threat mitigation.
The playbook is written for teams that already have services in production. It assumes you can deploy, you have an identity provider, and you need a shared model for east-west traffic — not a greenfield lecture on what a mesh is.
Security Architects, DevOps Engineers, and Technical Leads responsible for securing cloud-native application infrastructure.
01
Zero-trust principles
Identity, encryption, and policy as defaults — not a bolt-on after the first incident.
02
Service mesh and mTLS
East-west traffic, workload identity, and how to roll out encryption without a freeze.
03
API gateways and OAuth
North-south patterns, token validation, and the failure modes of a single choke point.
04
Detection and response
Rate limits, anomaly signals, and the runbooks your on-call will actually use.
