ernetes network policies configuration</a>.
According to the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_depth_(computing)>Defense in depth</a> concept, the more
security mechanisms you apply for the same goal, the better.</p><p>You must also ensure that Istio control plane and the egress gateway cannot be compromised. While you may have hundreds
or thousands of application pods in your cluster, there are only a dozen of Istio control plane pods and the gateways.
You can and should focus on protecting 