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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Cilium Service Mesh - Everything You Need to Know
Cilium Service Mesh - Sidecar-free or Sidecar-based, Multiple Control Planes, Next-Gen mTLS
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium Tetragon
For eBPF-based Security Observability & Runtime Enforcement
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
John Fastabend, Tetragon Project Lead, Software Engineer
What is Cilium Service Mesh? - Interview with Thomas Graf on eCHO Livestream
You might know what a Service Mesh is - but what is Cilium Service Mesh? What does eBPF have to do with it?
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Next-Generation Mutual Authentication (mTLS) with Cilium Service Mesh
Learn how Cilium & Cilium Service Mesh provides sidecar-free mTLS based authentication with excellent security and performance characteristics
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
How eBPF will solve Service Mesh - Goodbye Sidecars
eBPF Service Mesh - How we can build an eBPF-based service mesh in the kernel to replace the complex sidecar model
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
AWS picks Cilium for Networking & Security on EKS Anywhere
Learn why AWS has picked Cilium as their default Kubernetes CNI for Networking & Security on EKS Anywhere
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Facebook, Google, Isovalent, Microsoft, and Netflix announce eBPF Foundation
Facebook, Google, Isovalent, Microsoft, and Netflix announce eBPF Foundation
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security