2 posts tagged with "Application Security"

In modern cloud-native Kubernetes environments, relying on perimeter firewalls, network security groups, or hardcoded API keys for microservice-to-microservice authentication is no longer sufficient. If an attacker compromises a single pod inside a VPC, unauthenticated internal networks allow lateral movement across the entire cluster.

Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP 800-207) dictates a fundamental shift: Never Trust, Always Verify. In this article, we explore how to establish cryptographic workload identity using SPIFFE/SPIRE and enforce Mutual TLS (mTLS) via Envoy sidecar proxies.

Today, we are thrilled to officially launch AppSec Atlas — a comprehensive, open-source security knowledge engine spanning 45 masterclass guides and over 300 technical chapters across 9 security domains.

Whether you are an Application Security Engineer, Cloud Architect, AI Researcher, or Software Developer, AppSec Atlas is built to map the entire modern software security landscape—with zero fluff, pure engineering, and runnable code.