--- title: "A Sneak Peek at Kubernetes Policy" source: "https://www.tigera.io/blog/a-sneak-peek-at-kubernetes-policy/" --- [Technical Blog](https://www.tigera.io/category/technical-blog/) # A Sneak Peek at Kubernetes Policy By [Casey Davenport](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/caseydavenport/) on Feb 11, 2016 • 2 min read Today we’re excited to share with you a sneak peek of a significant advancement in the state of the art for Kubernetes networking. The Calico team has always advocated the importance of network policy for security and the massive opportunity that the move to micro-services architectures presents to go beyond the limitations of traditional n-tier security models. We’ve done a number of demonstrations and blog posts in the past showing how Calico can bring network policy to Kubernetes deployments (see [here](https://www.tigera.io/blog/calico-network-policy-comes-to-kubernetes/), and [here](https://www.tigera.io/blog/securing-namespaces-and-services-in-kubernetes/)).  However, these demos have always been done using custom techniques, not integrated into the standard Kubernetes API model. Over the last few months we’ve been working with the Kubernetes networking SIG to bring the community together around a standardized network policy API.  Today, we’re really excited to give you a sneak peek of that API.  Check out the recording below to see it in action using Calico! This API is a result of lots of hard work from all across the Kubernetes networking community, and we think it is a great start.  Stay tuned for more information as this API solidifies and Kubernetes network policy moves from the experimental domain to fully supported production readiness. [![Screenshot of a computer screen displaying a text message about the Kubernetes networking community's new API development](https://asciinema.org/a/36211.png)](https://asciinema.org/a/36211) [Open Source](https://www.tigera.io/tags/open-source/)[Project Calico](https://www.tigera.io/tags/project-calico/) ## Related posts [![What’s new in Calico: Spring 2026 Release](https://www.tigera.io/app/uploads/2026/06/Whats-New-in-Calico-NEW-TEMPLATE-2026.png)](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-spring-2026-release/) [Company Blog](https://www.tigera.io/category/company-blog/) #### [What’s new in Calico: Spring 2026 Release](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-spring-2026-release/) By [Veronika Smolik](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/veronika-smolik/) on Jun 2, 2026 Kubernetes has come a long way since its debut in 2014. It’s gone from running a couple of containerized microservices to orchestrating fleets of production workloads spanning everything from AI agents to full scale VMs... [Read more](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-spring-2026-release/) [![Kubernetes Operational Maturity: Secure and Resilient Cluster Federation with Cluster Mesh](https://www.tigera.io/app/uploads/2026/05/Kubernetes-Operational-Maturity-Secure-and-Resilient-Cluster-Federation-with-Cluster-Mesh.png)](https://www.tigera.io/blog/kubernetes-operational-maturity-secure-and-resilient-cluster-federation-with-cluster-mesh/) #### [Kubernetes Operational Maturity: Secure and Resilient Cluster Federation with Cluster Mesh](https://www.tigera.io/blog/kubernetes-operational-maturity-secure-and-resilient-cluster-federation-with-cluster-mesh/) By [Veronika Smolik](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/veronika-smolik/) on May 25, 2026 Practically no one runs a single Kubernetes cluster in production these days. Maybe that’s how it started but data sovereignty requirements, acquisitions, AI initiatives and the need for edge servers, among other considerations, have pulled... [Read more](https://www.tigera.io/blog/kubernetes-operational-maturity-secure-and-resilient-cluster-federation-with-cluster-mesh/) [![What’s New in Calico v3.32](https://www.tigera.io/app/uploads/2026/05/Green-Please-use-a-different-background-color-alternately-1.png)](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-v3-32/) #### [What’s New in Calico v3.32](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-v3-32/) By [Reza Ramezanpour](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/rezar/) on May 13, 2026 We’re excited to announce the release of Calico Open Source v3.32! 🎉 This release corresponds with Kubernetes v1.36 (Codename Haru) and it goes beyond just sharing a cat as the mascot of the release, it... [Read more](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-v3-32/)