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Outwit Ocean’s Eleven: Secure Your Apps Like a Vegas Casino

They also provide a relatable model for application and infrastructure security that enterprises might want to emulate. The idea is simple: High-end Las Vegas casinos use a multilayered security model with guards at the front door to establish the perimeter of a trusted zone and many more mechanisms inside the perimeter to further secure specific areas within the zone.

This Gordian Knot of needs is a good analogy for the modern application and microservice environment.

The next level of security is to get onto the floors with guest rooms and amenities like spas or gyms.

Enterprises must figure out how to apply basic security to their entire organization while offering different levels of security — and the ability to control the way that security is designed and applied — to teams running different applications in different ways.