Securing Kubernetes using Egress Access Controls

Securing Kubernetes using Egress Access Controls

Dec 8, 2020

A majority of existing workloads are non-Kubernetes, and for the platform teams involved, this creates challenges because the cluster will need to be securely connected to those resources.

Calico Enterprise includes several features that enable fine-grained access controls between your microservices and databases, cloud services, APIs, and other applications that may be protected behind a firewall. There are different approaches to managing Kubernetes egress access, depending on your needs and where you want the control point to be

In this session you’ll learn:

What egress access control options are available with open source Calico
Where Calico Enterprise can offer additional security capabilities
How to control egress access from within the cluster using domain names, or externally from an outside control point like a firewall or API