Kubernetes-based SaaS applications need to be FedRAMP certified before they can sell to the federal government. Our ultralight Linkerd service mesh provides FIPS-validated encryption, authentication and authorization for all Kubernetes application traffic in 30 days or less. Fast-track your FedRAMP journey and accelerate your time to market.

Buoyant's FIPS distribution of Linkerd uses FIPS-validated cryptographic libraries (CMVP certificates available upon request) to encrypt application traffic in transit, meeting the strict federal government cybersecurity requirements of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) FIPS 140-2 and FIPS 140-3 standards. Our FIPS service mesh gives government programs and those doing business with them the ability to conform to FedRAMP authorization.

Linkerd has been built for security from the ground up. Linkerd is the only service mesh that uses a ultra-secure "micro-proxy" written in the Rust programming language. Other service mesh implementations use Envoy, a complex proxy written in C++, a language known for CVEs, buffer overflow exploits, and endemic security vulnerabilities. Linkerd uses industry standards such as mutual TLS and the Gateway API to provide a comprehensive suite of network security controls, including cryptographic workload identity, fine-grained microsegmentation, deny-by-default, and true zero trust networking. With Linkerd, not only is your service mesh ultrafast, small, and simple—it's built for security from the ground up.