Using service mesh to increase the level of security in microservice environments

Microservice architecture has become the basis of modern distributed systems due to
its ability to provide flexibility, scalability and simplified management of software
components. However, this creates challenges in ensuring reliable protection of connections
between services. Using Service Mesh helps solve these issues by automating traffic
management and security. The article discusses the main aspects of Service Mesh, its key
components, role in ensuring security, advantages for microservice environments, as well as
the concept of Ambient Mesh as an ideological continuation of Service Mesh. Microservices
architecture is the main paradigm for developing scalable applications in cloud environments.
It allows you to break large monolithic programs into separate, independent services that
communicate with each other using APIs. One of the most important aspects in such
architectures is safe and reliable interaction between services. Standard network mechanisms
do not always provide the necessary level of protection and traffic management. Service Mesh
technology is actively used to solve these challenges.