es strategic recommendations around creating a hardening
guide which is now available in our
<a href=/v1.26/docs/ops/best-practices/security/>Security Best Practices</a>
guide. This is a comprehensive document which pulls together recommendations
from security experts within the Istio community, and industry leaders running
Istio in production. Work is underway to create an opinionated and hardened
security profile for installing Istio in secure environments, but in the interim
we recommend users follow the