Never Trust, Always Verify

Zero Trust Engineering

Building secure architecture in a cloud-native world. The definitive resource for identity-centric security patterns.

Why ZTE? The Stack

Championing the Methodology of
Zero Trust Engineering

Welcome to ZTE.dev. In the era of distributed computing, the perimeter is dead. We believe that security must be woven into the code, not just bolted onto the network.

ZTE (Zero Trust Engineering) is a paradigm shift in DevSecOps. It represents the architectural practice of "Never Trust, Always Verify." Our mission is to provide developers and architects with the blueprints for identity-centric security controls, micro-segmentation, and policy-as-code.

Core Focus Areas

  • Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) patterns.
  • Technical guides for IAM, SPIFFE, and OPA.
  • Engineering best practices for secure APIs.

Architecture Principles

IAM Core

Identity is the new perimeter. Deep dive into OIDC, SAML, and passwordless authentication flows.

Micro-segmentation

Prevent lateral movement. Techniques for isolating workloads at the network and application layer.

SDP (Dark Cloud)

Software Defined Perimeter. Hiding infrastructure from the public internet using SPA concepts.

Continuous Verify

Real-time trust scoring based on device health, location, and user behavior heuristics.

Engineering Practices

Kubernetes Hardening

Implementing Pod Security Standards (PSS), enforcing NetworkPolicies, and utilizing Admission Controllers like Gatekeeper or Kyverno.

API Gateway Logic

Strategies for rigorous Rate limiting, JWT validation at the edge, OAuth2 flows, and schema validation.

Service Mesh (mTLS)

Zero-touch mTLS rotation using Istio or Linkerd. Ensuring service-to-service communication is encrypted and authenticated.

The Tech Stack

Open Source Foundation

OPA SPIFFE Keycloak WireGuard

Commercial Leaders

Cloudflare Access Google BeyondCorp Zscaler HashiCorp Boundary

Resources & Standards

Curated intelligence to guide your security transformation.

NIST SP 800-207

The gold standard definition of Zero Trust Architecture.

nist.gov

CISA Maturity Model v2.0

Implementation guide and five pillar strategy.

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