/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 overlay, to full L7 processing — on a per-namespace basis, as needed. Furthermore, workloads running in different ambient modes, or with sidecars, interoperate seamlessly, allowing users to mix and match capabilities 