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Welcome to the April 2024 edition of the Calico newsletter! Here’s what we have in store for you this month...

Join us at Red Hat Summit 2024 in Denver

We’re gearing up for Red Hat Summit 2024, from May 6 to 9 in Denver. Join us at booth #107 for exciting container networking updates and pick up some cool new Calico swag!

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Your Guide to Microsegmentation

This guide explains the concept of microsegmentation and shows you how to use Calico network policy to isolate and protect containerized applications.

Read guide.

Customer case study: Playtech

Digital gaming developer, Playtech, enhanced application security using Calico Cloud. How? Read the case study to find out.

Read case study.

OPEN SOURCE

Check out the latest Project Calico videos to learn more about open-source networking and security for containers and Kubernetes in the cloud. Watch here.

Project Calico news

*NEW* Securing your cluster for XZ vulnerability and future 0day RCE attacks – A zero-day backdoor was found in Linux that can give an attacker root privileges. Check out our new blog post on this subject.

*NEW* Cluster deployment workshop – There are a million ways to deploy a cluster. This workshop walks you through basic installation via Tigera operator, ArgoCD, and other best practices that are essential to set up an enterprise environment. Get started.

*NEW* eBPF dataplane networking and security workshop – Learn eBPF-based networking and network security for Kubernetes using Calico. With this experience, you will be able to architect and implement a scalable and secure Kubernetes-based SaaS or CaaS platform. Get started.

Calico vs. Cilium: 9 Key Differences and How to Choose – Explore this learn guide to select the right eBPF dataplane for your environment. Read here.

GitHub Discussion forum – Looking for help with your Calico deployment? Or maybe you’ve got a new tutorial that you’d like to share with the community? While the Calico users Slack is still the best place to look for answers, in some cases you might want to showcase a problem or ask for a feature. Join us in our GitHub Discussion forum.

Community meeting – Shape the future of Project Calico by attending the next monthly Project Calico community meeting on May 8th at 9:00 am PT. This event is online and brings you all the updates we are working on to help you with your cloud-native journey. Join the Zoom meeting.

If you would like to contribute to the Calico Open Source community beyond GitHub, schedule a conversation to discuss event opportunities.

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RECENT RELEASES: CALICO ENTERPRISE & CALICO CLOUD

April 2nd, 2024 – Calico Cloud 19.1.0
March 25th, 2024 – Calico Enterprise 3.18.2

IN THE NEWS

Check out this recent Tigera-related coverage.

Avoiding Security Theatre With Tigera, New Relic And JFrog from Forbes
Industry Voices: Hanging out with Cloud Natives - Insights from KubeCon Europe 2024 from Silverlinings
Tigera enhances Calico Cloud to bolster security posture from TFiR
Top 15 DevOps Certifications for DevOps Engineers from CIO Influence
Enhancing Kubernetes Network Security with Microsegmentation from The New Stack

➔ To see all coverage and to read Tigera’s press releases, visit our Newsroom.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Tutorials

Hands-on experience at your pace. Use our self-paced tutorials to learn how to address common security and observability challenges for containers and Kubernetes. See available tutorials here.

Help Center

Our Help Center is an important technical resource for users and customers of Calico Cloud and Calico Enterprise. The Help Center contains technical articles to help you install, configure and manage your Calico solution. Access the Help Center here.

O’Reilly eBook

Kubernetes security and observability: A holistic approach to securing containers and cloud-native applications

Learn why you need a holistic security and observability strategy for containers and cloud-native applications, and new cloud-native approaches for establishing security and observability for applications running on Kubernetes. Get your free copy here.

Blog

CVE-2024-3094 Exposed: A Guide to Overcoming XZ/liblzma and Similar Threats Using Calico – A detailed walkthrough on mitigating CVE-2024-3094 with Calico in Kubernetes environments. Read now.

Prevent Data Exfiltration in Kubernetes: The Critical Role of Egress Access Controls – Facing millions in losses from data breaches? Utpal Bhatt outlines the indispensability of Kubernetes egress controls. Explore implementation strategies in our latest blog. Read now.

Securing the Modern Enterprise: Unified Microsegmentation and Observability with Calico – Learn how Calico moves past old networking-focused methods to strengthen security with identity-aware microsegmentation for containers and Kubernetes running cloud and on-prem environments. Read now.

Embracing DevSecOps for Containers and Kubernetes with Calico Cloud – Simplify your DevSecOps journey with Calico Cloud's seamless Helm deployment. Check out how to automate and secure your Kubernetes clusters from the start with best practices for security and infrastructure as code. Read now.

The Crucial Role of Network Policies and Encryption in Securing Kubernetes Workloads – See how you can achieve seamless, high-performance encryption for pod-to-pod and node-to-node communication, safeguarding against advanced eavesdropping and data breaches. Read now.

➔ Explore all blogs

Guides

Cilium vs Calico – Understand the features, capabilities and key differences of Calico and Cilium, two open-source cloud-native networking solutions. Read guide.

Container Firewall – Discover 6 key features of container firewalls, see how they compare to NGFWs, and get best practices for setting up a container firewall. Read guide.

Cloud Workload Security – Learn about cloud workload security, including security risks, key benefits, and best practices. Read guide.

White papers

Calico vs. Sysdig Secure – Read this paper to learn why Calico is the most advanced and sophisticated container security solution, and see how it compares with Sysdig Secure. Read whitepaper.

Calico vs. Prisma Cloud – Calico Cloud is the next-generation solution in container security with a focus on active prevention and risk mitigation. Find out how it compares with Prisma Cloud. Read whitepaper.

Calico vs. Aqua Security – Compare Calico Cloud with Aqua Security using the holistic security framework for containers and Kubernetes. Read whitepaper.

➔ Explore all white papers

Certifications

Certified Calico Operator: Azure Expert

Gain experience using the Calico–Azure integration through hands-on labs. By the end of this course, you will know more about Azure cloud, as well as managed, self-managed, and hybrid cluster deployment using Calico in Azure.

Enroll here.

Certified Calico Operator: Level 1 – Understand how Kubernetes networking works, how to configure and manage a Calico network, and how to secure your cluster following today’s best practices. Enroll here.

Certified Calico Operator: AWS Expert – Understand several options for deploying Kubernetes in AWS, examine how the default AWS networking works, and learn how to configure and manage Calico in AWS, and how to secure your AWS Kubernetes cluster. Enroll here.

Certified Calico Operator: eBPF course – By the end of this course, you’ll be able to run and modify simple eBPF programs, understand the deployment options and methods available with Calico’s eBPF data plane, and be able to confidently deploy eBPF across multiple environment types. Enroll here.

➔ Explore all certification courses

PARTNERS

We are pleased to welcome our new partner, Clastix, to the Tigera partner program. Founded by cloud computing experts, Clastix is a tech startup based in Italy. Clastix products and services help organizations of any size to overcome Cloud Native adoption challenges and confidently design, build, and operate efficient infrastructures based on Kubernetes.

➔ See all Tigera partners

We hope you found valuable resources and information in this month’s newsletter, and we welcome your feedback. Please let us know how we can make our monthly newsletter a useful source of information that you look forward to each month. Send us your suggestions.

Have a great month!
–Tigera Team

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Calico Newsletter – April 2024