Author • Speaker • Instructor
Thomas Graf
CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Thomas Graf is the CTO of Cisco Security and Vice President Engineering for Multi-Cloud Products and a recognized leader in the fields of networking, security, and open-source technology. As the Co-Founder and CTO of Isovalent, he played a pivotal role in advancing eBPF-based networking and security solutions before the company's acquisition by Cisco.
With a deep background in Linux kernel development, Thomas previously served as a technical lead for Red Hat’s kernel team, where he contributed to foundational innovations in networking and security. As a pioneer in networking and security, Thomas has driven key advancements such as eBPF that have influenced the broader industry.
As one of the creators of Cilium, a widely adopted open source project for Kubernetes networking and security, Thomas has been at the forefront of the cloud-native movement, enabling enterprises to build secure, high-performance infrastructure at scale.
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What's new in Cilium 1.14
Join Thomas Graf in this video to learn more about the latest and greatest in Cilium 1.14 (open source and enterprise).
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
eBPF Documentary: eBPF's Creation Story - Unlocking The Kernel
This is a story of friends creating a technology that is often barely visible but can be found in most devices today. It has changed the tech industry significantly and will continue to do so in the coming years.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium’s Evolution: The Founding Story of Cilium
How did Cilium get started? Thomas Graf, Co-Creator of Cilium, explores the foundation story of the Cilium open source project: how we got started, how it relates to eBPF superpowers, and what lead to all major cloud...
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Tetragon 1.0: Kubernetes Security Observability & Runtime Enforcement with eBPF
Tetragon 1.0 - What is new? Performance overhead benchmarks, default observability policies, kubectl exec monitoring, and much more!
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
What is eBPF?
In this quick tutorial, the CTO and Cofounder of Isovalent, Thomas Graf walks through how eBPF came to be, and how it can be utilized in various ways.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Multihoming with Cilium 1.14
In this video, the CTO and Cofounder of Isovalent Thomas Graf, briefly walks through how Cilium 1.14 integrates multihoming capabilities.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Multi-Pool IPAM mode in Cilium 1.14
Thomas Graf, CTO and Cofounder of Isovalent, walks through the multi-pool IPAM mode update which has come to Cilium's 1.14 update.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
What is Cilium?
Thomas Graf, Cilium's co-creator as well as Isovalent's co-founder and CTO, provides a quick explanation of what Cilium is.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Mutual Authentication on Cilium 1.14
In this short video, Isovalent co-founder and CTO Thomas Graf explains what's different about Mutual Authentication with Cilium 1.14.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium 1.14 - Effortless Mutual Authentication, Service Mesh, Networking Beyond Kubernetes, High-Scale Multi-Cluster, and Much More
Cilium 1.14 - Effortless Mutual Authentication, Service Mesh, networking beyond Kubernetes, high-scale multi-cluster, and much more
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium Mesh: Lessons Learned from the Community
In the run-up to Cilium's 1.14 release, CTO and Cofounder of Isovalent, Thomas Graf, took some time to reflect on how community input has been a vital contributing factor to the improvement of Cilium Mesh.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
What's new in Cilium 1.13 and beyond!
In this video with Thomas Graf, Co-Creator of Cilium, CTO and Co-Founder of Isovalent, you will learn more about the latest and greatest open source and enterprise features of Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium and Cilium 1.13.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security