Solution

Calico for AI Workloads

Secure AI data, models, and pipelines running in Kubernetes with enterprise-grade networking, network security, and observability.

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Benefits

Prevent AI data exfiltration, streamline your multi-cluster network policies, and gain AI-specific observability

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Prevent AI data exfiltration

Block unauthorized egress and protect AI model weights, embeddings, and datasets from misuse
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Streamline multi-cluster network policies

Apply uniform security controls across AI dev, training, and inference clusters
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Improve security posture

Track traffic flow and DNS activity across pipelines to investigate anomalies and demonstrate compliance
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Microsegmentation for AI & Traditional Apps

Isolate workloads and stop lateral movement with namespace, label, and tiered policy controls, so AI services and business apps can safely coexist.

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AI-Specific Observability & Compliance

Flow logs, DNS logs, and audit trails reveal AI application and pipeline behaviors and support HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR compliance.

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Multi-Cluster Network Policy Enforcement

Calico Cluster Mesh enforces consistent security across distributed Kubernetes clusters, improving availability and simplifying networking operations for AI pipelines.

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Secure Multi-Tenant AI Environments

Calico secures AI workloads in shared Kubernetes clusters by isolating tenants with namespaces, consistent network policy enforcement, and tightly controlled ingress/egress.

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Advanced Egress Control for AI Workloads

Use DNS policies and centralized egress gateways to only allow access to approved APIs and endpoints (e.g., api.openai.com, huggingface.co) and prevent data leaks.

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Ingress with Built-In WAF

Calico Ingress Gateway protects AI services by controlling inbound traffic and blocking malicious requests with integrated Web Application Firewall protection.

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Available on Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Marketplace

Get started right away on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud—every Calico component you need to get up and running is ready to go.

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Customer Testimonial

Here’s what our customers are saying about us

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Calico’s performance is impressive. It met the strict latency demands of our AI platform, ensuring no degradation in transaction processing speeds. Tigera’s support in tuning our environment was invaluable.
Senior Director of Security Architecture,
A Leading Global Payment Services Corporation
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Calico’s monitoring capabilities really set it apart from other solutions. Via the Dynamic Service and Threat Graph, we can see what requests are flowing between each service’s namespace, allowing us the granular visibility we need for troubleshooting.
Andris Jersovs
ASL, Senior DevOps Engineer,
Arvato Systems
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Featured Resources

Developer-created resources to help you secure your Kubernetes deployment

Calico: Securing AI Workloads in Kubernetes
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Calico: Securing AI Workloads in Kubernetes

Learn how Calico secures AI workloads in Kubernetes with microsegmentation, egress control, and observability.
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Securing AI Workloads in Kubernetes: Why Traditional Network Security Isn’t Enough
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Securing AI Workloads in Kubernetes: Why Traditional Network Security Isn’t Enough

Explore why AI workloads demand stronger Kubernetes security and how Calico can help.
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The Crucial Network Security Guardrails for Ensuring GenAI Success
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The Crucial Network Security Guardrails for Ensuring GenAI Success

Ensure safe, reliable GenAI deployments by defining essential network-security guardrails.
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