Case Study: Confluent achieves 100% mTLS coverage and FedRAMP-ready FIPS encryption with Solo Enterprise for Istio

Confluent achieves 100% mTLS coverage with Solo.io

Confluent, a company specializing in real-time data streaming, faced challenges in securely scaling its internal cloud-native infrastructure. As their services grew, managing secure service-to-service communication and meeting strict FedRAMP compliance requirements for FIPS encryption became increasingly difficult. They needed a centralized solution to enforce mTLS and gain real-time observability without hindering developer velocity. They turned to vendor Solo.io and its product, Solo Enterprise for Istio, for a solution.

Solo.io implemented its enterprise-grade service mesh, which provided out-of-the-box FIPS-compliant builds and deep operational maturity. With support from Solo.io, Confluent successfully rolled out the solution across 100+ services. The results included achieving 100% mTLS coverage, FedRAMP-ready FIPS compliance, and real-time encryption visibility. This provided a scalable security model that met compliance demands and paved the way for future progressive delivery, all while allowing engineers to move faster and more securely.

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