Calico monthly roundup: August 2023

Welcome to the Calico monthly roundup: August edition! From open source news to live events, we have exciting updates to share—let’s get into it!

*NEW* The State of Calico Open Source: Usage & Adoption Report 2023 Get insights into Calico’s adoption across container and Kubernetes environments, in terms of platforms, data planes, and policies. Read the report.

Customer case study: HanseMerkur Using Calico, HanseMerkur was able to reduce infrastructure overhead and achieve organizational compliance. Read our new case study to find out how. Get case study.

Open source news

• Calico Live – Join the Calico community every Wednesday at 2:00 pm ET for a live discussion about learning how to leverage Calico and Kubernetes for networking and security. We will explore Kubernetes security and policy design, network flow logs and more. Join us live on LinkedIn or YouTube.
• CNCF webinar – Watch the recording of our CNCF live webinar, where we talk about eBPF advantages and troubleshooting. Watch now.
• Calico for Microsoft Azure – Learn technical differences between different Azure networking options for Microsoft AKS environments and tradeoff analysis. Read blog post.
• Podcast – Listen to this joint podcast with Calico Big Cat, Parth Goswami, where they answer the question: Why Calico? Listen on YouTube or LinkedIn.

Connect

• The next monthly Project Calico community meeting will happen on on September 6th at 9:00 am PT. Join the Zoom meeting.
• Join Calico Big Cats, Calico’s ambassador program, if you are interested in being a part of our community events and helping us grow the Calico community. Find out more.
• If you would like to contribute to the Calico Open Source community beyond GitHub, schedule a conversation to discuss event opportunities.
• Connect with us online:

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Recent releases

• August 21, 2023 – Calico Cloud 17.0.0
• August 8, 2023 – Calico Enterprise 3.17.1 – General Availability

In the news

Check out recent Tigera-related coverage.

• State of Calico Open Source Report Unveils Critical Drivers Behind Container Security Adoption from Enterprise Security Tech
• 5 best practices for reducing CVEs in container applications from The New Stack
• DDoS Attacks in a Kubernetes Environment: Detection and Mitigation from Cybersecurity Insiders
• Vulnerability management: Best practices for patching CVEs 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

Blogs

• The State of Calico Open Source: Usage & Adoption 2023
• Optimizing Network Performance using Topology Aware Routing with Calico eBPF and Standard Linux dataplane
• Preventing Vulnerable Container Deployments with Admission Control
• Exploring AKS networking options
• Automated namespace isolation with Calico

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Guides

• DevSecOps
• Kubernetes CIS Benchmark
• Service Mesh

White papers

• Calico vs. Sysdig Secure
  
• Calico vs. Prisma Cloud
  
• Calico vs. Aqua Security
  

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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.
• 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.
• Certified Calico Operator: AWS Expert – Understand several options for deploying Kubernetes in AWS, examine how the default AWS networking works, learn how to configure and manage Calico in AWS, and how to secure your AWS Kubernetes cluster.
• 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 confidently deploy eBPF across multiple environment types.

➔ Explore all certification courses

That’s a wrap!

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