Patterns · Vol. 05

Pattern

SPIFFE / SPIRE workload identity

Issue cryptographically-attested, short-lived identities to workloads (containers, VMs, agents) based on attested platform properties, enabling identity-based authentication without long-lived secrets.

Classification — Workload identity standard and reference implementation.

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