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Episode: Can we trust the Zero in Zero trust? (WHY2025)
Description: Zero Trust (ZT) has evolved from pure network access to hype. ZT Everywhere has become a buzzword. If you ask about it during product presentations, the sales person sometimes runs out of the meeting.
If we look beneath the surface, we find a lot of code that we trust in zero trust environments without realising it. Istio containers in service meshes, key management systems in SSH/Ansible environments and a whole lot of legacy code in confidential computing require trust in strange containers, ex-employees and attestation processes and a CI/CD pipeline for microcode in the cloud. What questions should...