This article was originally published on AI Study Room . For the full version with working code examples and related articles, visit the original post. Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Microservice Security Introduction Microservice architectures distribute application functionality across multiple independent services, each with its own data store, API, and deployment lifecycle. This distribution increases the attack surface — intra-service communication must be secured, secrets must be distributed without exposure, and visibility must span service boundaries. Service Mesh mTLS A service mesh provides a dedicated infrastructure layer for handling service-to-service communication. It transparently encrypts traffic between services using mutual TLS (mTLS).…