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

What’s new in Calico

Discover the latest enhancements in Calico for Spring 2024, featuring new security capabilities, improved visualization tools, and an advanced workload-centric WAF to streamline and secure your Kubernetes operations.

Read the blog post.

Join us at CloudNative SecurityCon 2024 in Seattle

We’re gearing up for CloudNative SecurityCon 2024, on June 26 and 27 in Seattle. Be sure to swing by our booth and learn about exciting container networking updates. Plus, pick up some cool new Calico swag! Stay tuned for details.

View more tradeshows.

S&P Global 451 Market Insight: Tigera Provides Most Comprehensive CNAPP

Learn how Tigera differentiates itself from competitors by focusing on runtime security, aligning with the rapidly growing market category and how it is one of the strong players in this segment.

Read report.

Customer case study: NuraLogix

Calico helped AI-driven healthtech company, NuraLogix, improve security and compliance on Amazon EKS. Read the case study to learn more.

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

What’s new in 3.28 – Explore the new features in Calico 3.28, including a Grafana dashboard for Typha performance monitoring, enhanced IPv6 support in the eBPF dataplane, and improved policy performance. Read blog post.

Selecting the right networking option for Amazon EKS – Learn about networking options for Amazon EKS, and how to optimize your Kubernetes setup with AWS-CNI and Calico for improved scalability, security, and policy enforcement. Read blog post.

The power of Kubevirt and Calico – Unlock the combined power of Kubevirt and Calico for your Kubernetes environments. Learn how to streamline VM management, enhance security, and optimize network performance seamlessly with these integrated technologies. Read blog post.

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 June 12th 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.

In the meantime, connect with us online:

RECENT RELEASES: CALICO ENTERPRISE & CALICO CLOUD

May 9th, 2024 – Calico Enterprise 3.19.0 - 2.0
April 30th, 2024 – Calico Cloud 19.2.0

IN THE NEWS

Check out this recent Tigera-related coverage.

Tigera Extends Calico Commercial Editions' Capabilities to Simplify Security Operations for Runtime Threat Detection for Cloud-Native Applications from PR Newswire
Egress Gateway: Assign Stable IPs To Traffic Leaving K8s Clusters from The New Stack
Tigera: Container and Network Security Combined from eChannel News
Phil DiCorpo of Tigera on 5 Things You Need to Know To Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Cybersecurity from Authority Magazine
Tigera: Providing Networking And Protection For Containers And Kubernetes In A $7+ Billion Market from Pulse 2.0
eBPF: Reliable Policy Setting and Enforcement 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

Container Security: Protect your data with Calico Egress Access Controls – Discover how to safeguard your Kubernetes environments with Calico's Egress Access Controls. Learn the strategies to prevent data breaches and ensure compliance by effectively managing egress traffic. Read now.

Modern Egress Gateway: Assign stable IPs to traffic leaving Kubernetes clusters – Explore the benefits of using an Egress Gateway to assign stable IPs to traffic leaving Kubernetes clusters. Learn how this approach enhances security, simplifies compliance, and facilitates seamless integration between cloud-native and traditional applications. Read now.

The power of Kubevirt and Calico – Unlock the combined power of Kubevirt and Calico for your Kubernetes environments. Learn how to streamline VM management, enhance security, and optimize network performance seamlessly with these integrated technologies. Read now.

How To Get Real-Time Notifications for Denied Traffic With Prometheus and AlertManager – Learn how to configure real-time notifications for denied traffic in Kubernetes using Prometheus and AlertManager. Discover step-by-step instructions to enhance your network security and quickly address misconfigurations in Calico Enterprise/Cloud. Read now.

Enhancing Kubernetes network security with microsegmentation: A strategic approach – Dive into the strategic approach of enhancing Kubernetes network security with microsegmentation. Learn how Calico leverages network policies for granular control, improving your security posture and compliance across Kubernetes environments. Read now.

➔ Explore all blogs

Guides

Microsegmentation – Learn why microsegmentation is critical in a modern, zero-trust network environment, and best practices for successfully rolling out microsegmentation in your organization. Read guide.

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

CNAPP – Understand the need for a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), key components and features, and the benefits a CNAPP provides. 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, AgileSecOps, to the Tigera partner program. Based in the UK, AgileSecOps is a new company founded by IT security veterans. While the main focus of the company is on security, it also deals with automation, cloud development, and system administration. We will work closely with AgileSecOps to make sure we can increase Tigera’s visibility throughout the UK.
The Channel and Sales teams were onsite in Amsterdam with our partner Luminis on May 17th. Go-to-market and enablement plans were put in place with Technical, Sales and Marketing teams for the remainder of 2024 and into 2025. We look forward to growing the partnership within the Benelux market.

➔ 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

Tigera

Calico Newsletter – May 2024