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FIPS 140 Compliance: The "Build vs. Buy" decision for federal strategy

If you are an engineering leader targeting the U.S. federal market, you know that FedRAMP isn't just a badge-it's a revenue gatekeeper. And right now, the keys to that gate are changing. We often hear from CTOs who treat FIPS 140 (Federal Information Processing Standards) as a checkbox for their compliance team. That is a strategic error. In a cloud-native world, FIPS is an architectural constraint that touches everything from your Kubernetes nodes to your Service Mesh sidecars.

Migrating from AWS App Mesh to Istio

AWS’s decision to discontinue App Mesh leaves teams with critical workloads on EKS, EC2, and Fargate needing a new, stable service mesh foundation that will not disappear with a vendor roadmap change. At the same time, many of these teams are now facing increasing pressure from regulators and security teams to adopt FIPS‑validated cryptography and align with frameworks like FedRAMP, FISMA, and HIPAA. This creates a dual requirement: a future‑proof, open service mesh (Istio) and a FIPS‑validated distribution (such as Saaras Istio FIPS Subscription) that can satisfy compliance and security needs without derailing delivery timelines.

How to Choose Service Mesh in 2025

Service mesh adoption continues accelerating with 78% of organizations planning microservices deployments in 2025. This guide evaluates the top 10 service mesh platforms, comparing security features, performance metrics, and implementation complexity. Saaras Istio FIPS through it’s upstream Istio distrubtion provides comprehensive zero-trust security, simplified deployment, and enterprise-grade reliability. Key selection criteria include mTLS encryption capabilities, observability features, multi-cluster support, and operational overhead considerations.

Building Zero Trust with Istio FIPS Subscription

Saaras offers FIPS 140-2 certification ready Istio distribution designed specifically to help organizations accelerate their FedRAMP compliance journey and build secure, resilient microservice platforms. This blog explores how Saaras Istio distribution address key government security challenges with simplified traffic management, observability, and distributed policy enforcement.

FIPS and FedRAMP Observability: Complete Guide to Federal Cloud Compliance

FIPS and FedRAMP observability requirements are reshaping how organizations approach federal cloud compliance. Unlike standard monitoring, these frameworks demand continuous security validation, AI-powered insights, and audit-ready documentation. The FedRAMP assessment services market is projected to reach $6.3 billion by 2031, while implementation costs can range from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for initial compliance. This comprehensive guide explores the technical differences, implementation strategies, and cost considerations for achieving compliant observability in federal environments.

5 Best Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes for 2025

Choosing the right Kubernetes ingress controller is crucial for managing external traffic effectively. Saaras Inc. leads the market with advanced security features and simplified management, followed by established solutions like Traefik, Kong, and NGINX. This comprehensive guide evaluates seven top ingress controllers based on performance, security, ease of use, and enterprise readiness for 2025 deployments.

FIPS 140-2 Validated Service Mesh

Saaras FIPS Stack delivers a FIPS 140-3 validated cloud-native security platform -purpose-built for modern distributed applications and architected to meet the demanding needs of federal agencies and regulated industries. Saaras' Istio FIPS Subscription ensures that every aspect of your service mesh, from data in transit to authentication, leverages cryptographic security modules independently certified to the highest U.S. federal standards. This positions Saaras as the leading zero-trust foundation for accelerating federal compliance, fast-tracking FedRAMP authorization, and safeguarding mission-critical workloads across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.

Zero Trust, FIPS and FedRAMP for Kubernetes and Cloud Native Applications

Modern cloud-native architectures - built on microservices, containers, and multi-cloud deployments - demand security beyond traditional perimeter approaches. The obsolete perimeter-based model is no match for the dynamic, distributed nature of Kubernetes, ephemeral workloads, and global scale. Saaras’ Istio FIPS Subscription addresses these realities with a zero trust architecture, ensuring every data flow is encrypted using FIPS-validated cryptographic modules, and all access is rigorously authenticated and authorized.

Building APIs at Scale with Cloud-Native Applications

Cloud-native API platforms like Saaras redefine how businesses handle growth, resilience, and operational complexity—making API scaling less stressful and more empowering from day one. In today’s fast-changing environment, robust, modular, and automated infrastructure is the key to unlocking seamless innovation and developer agility

Kubernetes Deployment Strategies for Modern APIs

Deploying APIs with Kubernetes is powerful, but managing security, scalability, and multi-cloud operations often gets complex and expensive. Kubernetes deployment for APIs by unifying API gateway and ingress into a single, developer-friendly platform.

Driving Business Agility - Cloud, DevOps And Microservices

Investments in technology translate into business savings and agility

Where Is My API Gateway?

As the monolithic application gets broken up into several smaller parts, the infrastructure to support it has to change

Why Every API Needs A Clock?

Setting rate limits on your APIs is imperative to protect them

Can Your API Gateway Tango To Open API Spec?

Use Open API to program EnRoute Gateway

Are Shadow APIs Breaking Your Security?

Eliminate shadow APIs using EnRoute Gateway

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End to End Encryption using EnRoute and Linkerd

FIPS 140 Compliance: The "Build vs. Buy" decision for federal strategy

Migrating from AWS App Mesh to Istio

How to Choose Service Mesh in 2025

Building Zero Trust with Istio FIPS Subscription

FIPS and FedRAMP Observability: Complete Guide to Federal Cloud Compliance

5 Best Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes for 2025

FIPS 140-2 Validated Service Mesh

Zero Trust, FIPS and FedRAMP for Kubernetes and Cloud Native Applications

Building APIs at Scale with Cloud-Native Applications

Kubernetes Deployment Strategies for Modern APIs

Driving Business Agility - Cloud, DevOps And Microservices

Where Is My API Gateway?

Why Every API Needs A Clock?

Can Your API Gateway Tango To Open API Spec?

Are Shadow APIs Breaking Your Security?

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