Author • Speaker • Instructor
Nico Vibert
Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Nico Vibert is a Principal Technical Marketing Engineer at Isovalent, the company behind the open-source cloud-native solution Cilium. Prior to joining Isovalent, Nico worked in many different roles - operations and support, design and architecture, and technical pre-sales - at companies such as HashiCorp, VMware, and Cisco. In his current role, Nico focuses primarily on creating content to make networking a more approachable field and regularly speaks at events like KubeCon and Cisco Live. Nico has held over 15 networking certifications, including the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert CCIE (# 22990). Nico is the co-author of the "Cilium: Up and Running" O'Reilly book and is the Lead Subject Matter Expert on the Cilium Certified Associate (CCA) certification.
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Get CKNE-ready with the Isovalent CKNE Mock Exams
The CKNE is the CNCF's new hands-on Kubernetes networking certification. Join Nico Vibert, part of the team that built it, for a practical workshop: work through real exam-style tasks in a live lab and leave ready to certify.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Life of a Packet in Kubernetes: A Network Engineer’s Guide
Curious what really happens to a packet inside Kubernetes? In this session, we’ll follow traffic step by step through services, overlays, routing, and egress, explained in familiar networking terms.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Cilium Essential Training: Hands-On Kubernetes Networking with eBPF
A new Cilium Course is now available!
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
MCP on Kubernetes: Connect, Observe, and Secure Your AI Tool Servers with Isovalent
See how to run Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers securely on Kubernetes in this guided hands-on workshop. Explore MCP tools, resources, and prompts with the MCP Inspector, connect and observe server traffic with Cilium, Hubble, and Tetragon, and enforce runtime security that blocks unauthorised commands.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Micro Network Observability with eBPF and Splunk
Learn how eBPF-powered observability provides deep visibility into network, security, and runtime behavior across modern infrastructure using Hubble and Tetragon.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Jeremy Colvin, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Cilium 1.20: Gateway API ExternalAuth, TCPRoute/UDPRoute, ENI IPAM for IPv6, and more!
Cilium 1.20 expands Gateway API, datapath extensibility and security.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community
Security Summer School: Session 1
AI is moving fast, is your IT keeping up? Level up your defenses and join our Summer School, a three-part interactive series designed to take you step-by-step through securing your IT: lock down your hosts, neutralize advanced malware, and keep your AI agents on a tight leash.
Raphaël Pinson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Jeremy Colvin, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Christian Hernandez, Technical Marketing Engineer
Help Us Map The State of Kubernetes Networking in 2026
Share how you run Kubernetes networking in 2026. Take the 10-min survey and enter to win prizes!
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Stop Hoarding Networking Tools: Declutter Your Cluster with the Isovalent Platform
Kubernetes makes development powerful, but when every problem adds a new tool, clusters get bloated fast. Join to learn how the Isovalent Enterprise Platform helps you streamline your stack and regain control.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Dan Finneran, Principal Community Advocate
Cilium Up & Running: Live Book Circle with the Authors
In this session, authors Nico Vibert, Filip Nikolic, and James Laverack walk through the most important themes of the book, unpack the key ideas behind them and share real-world insights.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Filip Nikolic, Senior Solutions Architect
James Laverack, Principal Customer Success Architect
From Hyperscalers to Neoclouds: Why Cloud Providers Are Standardizing on Cilium
From CoreWeave to OVHcloud, cloud providers are making Cilium their default CNI. We map 18+ providers and explore why eBPF networking is becoming the standard.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Life of a Packet in Kubernetes: A Network Engineer’s Guide
Curious what really happens to a packet inside Kubernetes? Watch this video to follow traffic step by step through services, overlays, routing, and egress, explained in familiar networking terms.
Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Raphaël Pinson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer