The Distributed Security Challenge
Moving from a monolith to microservices expands your attack surface exponentially. Each service-to-service communication is a potential vulnerability.
Implement Zero Trust
Never trust the network. Every internal request should be authenticated and authorized. Utilizing a service mesh like Istio can handle mutual TLS (mTLS) automatically between your services.
API Gateways
Funneling all external traffic through a robust API gateway allows you to centralize rate limiting, IP filtering, and JWT token validation before requests ever reach your internal microservices.
