course, reduce overheads introduced! ● High availability ● CapEx, OpEx #IstioCon Security & Usability Limitations ● VM cert provisioning (exp. for on-prem VMs) ○ Alternative opts ○ Current: Fetch VM cert extensibility ○ No support for workload certificate attributes #IstioCon Security & Usability Limitations (cont.) ● Access management: CNI needs improvements ○ Much required to avoid escalated

#IstioCon Istio Going Mainstream Consumer Expectations ● Reliability ● Maintainability ● Usability #IstioCon Platform One #IstioCon Big Bang https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/bigbang