In this talk, Rudramadhaba Mishra (Cloud Engineer, Amazon) dives into how Kubernetes and Istio can be combined to build highly reliable, scalable, and resilient cloud-native platforms. He explains key architectural patterns and the importance of service meshes in managing traffic, security, and observability across distributed systems. Rudramadhaba also walks through real-world challenges teams face when operating large-scale Kubernetes environments, and how Istio helps enforce reliability through features like traffic routing, mTLS, retries, circuit breaking, and policy enforcement. The session provides practical guidance for teams looking to mature their cloud-native infrastructure. Join Our Community: Cloud Native Hyderabad: Twitter: LinkedIn: #Kubernetes #Istio #ServiceMesh #CloudNative #PlatformEngineering #ReliabilityEngineering #DevOps #CNCFHyderabad