Implementing Zero Trust With The Power Of Open Source
OpenSource For U.com, Monday, September 8th, 2025
Zero trust architecture that trusts nothing and no one is the order of the day. What's great is that open source offers a range of tools to implement such architecture. Find out what these tools are, and how to put them to best use.
The traditional security model - a hardened perimeter protecting a trusted internal network - is crumbling. Cloud adoption, remote workforces, and sophisticated threats render the 'castle-and-moat' approach obsolete. As a result, zero trust architecture (ZTA), a paradigm shift demanding 'never trust, always verify' is becoming popular day by day. It assumes that threats can come from both outside and inside the network. Every request must be authenticated, authorised, and encrypted before being granted access-regardless of its origin.