Security News > 2020 > April > Building for Billions: Addressing Security Concerns for Platforms at Scale

Since the cloud-native nature of new businesses is being developed around containerized microservices, this model provides greater security than trying to port your existing/old architectures for security to these cloud environments.

Moving from a traditional security model to a cloud-native security model required us to make changes to two main areas, namely our infrastructure and our development process.

Building shared components into a shared fabric enveloping and connecting all microservices, also known as a service mesh, made it easier to roll out changes and achieve consistent security across services.

If your environment is not cloud-native and you have to secure a large environment that's already built - or if you're transitioning between "On-prem" and cloud environments - then the most common approach is to scale both your infrastructure and security processes while lowering overall risk by performing a series of security functions on your behalf "Before" traffic is sent to your environment.

By leveraging new security architectures as well as emerging cloud platform capabilities, moving forward with this building for billions can be achieved securely.

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https://threatpost.com/building-billions-addressing-security-platforms-scale/155365/