c-ratio style=padding-bottom:51.501597444089455%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.25/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh/ambient-layers.png title="Layers of the ambient mesh"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.25/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh/ambient-layers.png alt="Layers of the ambient mesh"></a></div><figcaption>Layers of the ambient mesh</figcaption></figure><p>This layered approach allows users to adopt Istio in a more incremental fashion, smoothly transitioning from no mesh, to the secure ove