Diagram of a Kubernetes pod receiving a certificate from an external signer controller

Engineering · Jul 16, 2026 · 14 min read

Kubernetes 1.35 pod certificates and constrained impersonation: what they actually fix

Kubernetes 1.35 shipped Pod Certificates at Beta and constrained impersonation at Alpha. Neither is the zero-trust mTLS upgrade the headlines promised, and the KEP says so directly. Here is the real scope.

Manu Shukla

#Kubernetes #zero trust #mTLS

$Glowing 3D padlock fracturing into neon shards over a dark server room$

Engineering · Jul 10, 2026 · 8 min read

AI-assisted cyberattacks in 2026: why 84% abuse the tools you already run

Unit 42 found AI accelerated attacks 4x in 2026, with the fastest intrusions reaching data in 72 minutes and identity behind nearly 90% of breaches. Here is what changed and how CTOs and security leaders should respond.

Manu Shukla

#cybersecurity #AI security #zero trust