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The Rise of Workload Identity in Cloud Native with SPIFFE/SPIRE

In today’s world of cloud computing, our workload and compute architectures come in all shapes and sizes. In this article, we will talk about how workload identity plays a critical and foundational role in cloud native architecture. We will talk about the fast-growing Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) identity technologies SPIFFE and SPIRE, and what’s in store for the future of workload identity.

Together, SPIFFE, SPIRE and a collection of other projects that are part of the SPIFFE organization are part of a suite of projects to provide a cloud native workload identity framework for modern architectures. For more technical specifics on SPIFFE and SPIRE, and concepts of how to establish workload identity based on zero trust, check out the book, “Solving the Bottom Turtle: a SPIFFE Way to Establish Trust in Your Infrastructure with Universal Identity.