Case study

Building a microservices security platform for a disruptive startup

About the client

Mesh7, a startup originating from Silicon Valley, emerged with a vision led by experienced professionals from the IT industry and received substantial support from venture capital funds. Mesh7 specialized in delivering the Cloud Native API Security Mesh solution, a cutting-edge approach to safeguarding contemporary applications designed for the DevSecOps framework. Recently, VMware recognized its potential and acquired the company.

Client’s testimonial

Thanks to its expertise in networking technologies and Kubernetes, CodiLime has become our reliable technical partner helping us deliver the first-in-class product for monitoring security in microservices. CodiLime’s experienced project managers and engineers played an important role in releasing the final product and thus keeping promises given to clients and investors.

Amit Jain - Co-founder & CTO

Mesh7

Challenge

As an application’s complexity grows exponentially (resulting from interconnected ephemeral, heterogeneous, and distributed workloads), so too do concerns about the security of such applications. Using cloud and third-party services, and exchanging sensitive information at Layer 7 over a network, had created dangerous blind spots:

Lack of real-time visibility of the interactions between various workloads, cloud, and third-party services

Lack of control over the flow of sensitive data, both internally and externally

Impossible to detect anomalous behavior and unsanctioned changes in applications

No real-time detection of lateral threats and vulnerabilities at run time.

Mesh7 decided to tackle these challenges by creating a complex platform to monitor communication between different workloads and apply automated security rules. The platform works on top of the customer’s infrastructure and ensures that no potential threat remains undetected.
CodiLime was chosen as an external technology partner to help Mesh7 build the product and keep the promises it has made to its clients and investors. Together we have succeeded in creating a product we believe will become the first-in-class solution for ensuring the security of microservices.

Services we provided

DevOps services Frontend services Network services

Network security services Test automation

Solution

Thanks to the SaaS model installation, it takes mere minutes to onboard a customer. The product can be used in any type of workload, cloud or environment. The modern user interface clearly visualizes all the necessary information.

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