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Abstract : As cloud-native architectures continue to evolve, microservices have become the foundation for scalable and resilient applications. However, the decentralized nature of microservices introduces significant security challenges, including service-to-service communication security, identity management, and traffic control. Service mesh technologies, such as Istio, Linkerd, and Consul, provide a powerful solution by offering decentralized security enforcement, mutual TLS (mTLS) encryption, fine-grained access control, and observability without modifying application code. This paper explores how service meshes enhance microservices security by implementing zero-trust policies, automatic traffic encryption, and service authentication mechanisms. Through the integration of policy-based access control, workload identity, and anomaly detection, service mesh architectures significantly reduce the risk of unauthorized access, lateral movement attacks, and data breaches. Additionally, this study highlights best practices for deploying secure service meshes in cloud-native environments, ensuring compliance with industry security standards. The findings demonstrate that adopting a service mesh improves security posture while maintaining agility and performance in microservices-based applications.
Keyword Cloud-Native Security, Microservices, Service Mesh, Zero-Trust Architecture, Mutual TLS (mTLS), Identity Management, Access Control, Traffic Encryption, Istio, Linkerd, Consul, Policy-Based Security, API Gateway, Observability, Anomaly Detection, Compliance.
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