Q1 2026 UPDATE
Hello,
Welcome to the first Greymatter.io newsletter of 2026!
We closed out last year focusing on “Zero Trust Expansion”, and we are thrilled to report that we have successfully hit our Q1 roadmap milestones. With the launch of Greymatter 2.4, we are delivering major improvements across traffic control, hybrid deployment support, and more security hardening.
Thanks to our exceptional progress, we are also accelerating our timeline for the rest of the year—most notably moving up the delivery of our highly anticipated App Guard Gateway and support for multiple K8s Gateway controllers. This issue highlights the tangible innovations shaping the future of secure application networking.
Technical Breakthroughs: Q1 Greymatter Deliveries
Our Q1 release was heavily focused on continued ease of integration and maturity. We have made Greymatter easier to operate, more flexible, and more resilient.
What you need to know:
CNI Plugin + Automatic Traffic Redirection
Traffic redirection now happens at the Kubernetes networking layer—no per-app ports, no complex NetPol changes. Combined with reverse-proxy egress support, Greymatter delivers consistent zero-trust enforcement with lower overhead.
Expanded Route Management & Standardized Ingress for Apps, APIs, and AI
Regex-based routing, improved prefix-rewrite handling, trailing-slash controls, and the ability to add Edge routes to existing services give teams precise traffic control. Standardized ingress works seamlessly for both traditional workloads and AI/MCP.
Securing AI & MCP Integrations
As AI adoption accelerates, we introduce support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) agents. By registering MCP agents as Greymatter services, organizations ensure only explicitly approved agents are reachable, enforce identity-verified connections, and isolate internal agents—preventing unauthorized sprawl and limiting exposure.
Tangible Business Outcomes
Adopt Faster
You bring new business capabilities into Zero Trust in days, not months.
Zero code changes. Zero manual configuration. Our autonomous orchestration layer and ready-to-run playbooks eliminate onboarding friction so you deploy faster with total confidence.
Operate Safer
Your applications instantly inherit military-grade Zero Trust protection.
WAF-enabled gateways, FIPS-validated cryptography, and full NIST controls are built in and automatically applied—no custom security code required. You run safer from day one.
Respond Faster
You resolve incidents and recover from changes dramatically faster.
Real-time telemetry, complete audit trails, and GitOps-native automation give you instant visibility and one-click upgrades/rollbacks—so you slash troubleshooting time and eliminate change-related outages.
Lower Costs & Scale Predictably
You cut operational costs and onboard new workloads in hours instead of weeks.
The agentic orchestration layer automates deployment, security, and scaling across applications, APIs, and AI workloads—delivering measurable savings and predictable growth without added complexity.
On the Horizon
Egress Security Control (Accelerated)
We deliver proactive egress security filtering and controls. Using Greymatter, application owners can detect / filter responses from APIs, AI, and data services. We are on track for H1 (ahead of original schedule). This extends our App Guard security engine with egress protection against data exfiltration, PII leaks, content moderation, and more.
Unified Analytics UX with App Guard
We introduce a revolutionary analytics experience that unifies service mesh telemetry, security events, sec rule executions, & forensic audit trails in one dashboard. You get instant visibility into blocked requests, rules triggered, and traffic patterns, enabling faster detection, investigation, diagnosis, & recovery for security incidents, lateral movement, leaks, retry storms, & operational disruptions.
Gateway API Support for Secure Shared Gateways
Platform teams publish controlled front doors using any 3rd Party Gateway, GatewayClass, & Gateway resources, while application teams safely manage their own HTTPRoute & TLSRoute objects. Our layered architecture eliminates configuration collisions, enforces cross-namespace boundaries, and delivers consistent zero-trust enforcement, making shared gateways flexible and secure.
Procurement Made Simple
Greymatter.io offers transparent, flat annual pricing for the full ZTN Platform Fabric with tiered support options. No per-transaction fees, no per-container or per-feature fees. No hidden fees, no complexity.
Agencies and organizations supporting our war fighters, intelligence missions, and safe-guarding our borders gain streamlined procurement via Carahsoft, NASA SEWP, GSA, Tradewinds, and other vehicles.
Greymatter combines measurable business impact, operational simplicity, and cutting-edge technical agility—empowering both decision-makers and technical teams with a future-proof foundation.