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Zero Trust

Zero trust in practice: never trust, always verify, and the identity-first architecture that replaces the network perimeter.

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Machine Identity

Credential Lifecycle for AI Agents: From 24-Hour to Ephemeral Tokens

A leaked static key is a disaster; a five-minute token is mostly a shrug. Here is the credential lifecycle that gets AI agents from 24-hour tokens to ephemeral ones.

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Authentication

Authentication and Authorization in Microservices: What Works

In a monolith you check who someone is once. In microservices, every hop has to ask again. Here is how I design authentication and authorization across services: edge auth, per-service verification, workload identity with SPIFFE, and centralized policy.

Agentic AI

The Identity Mesh: Federated Trust for Multi-Agent AI

Agents can already prove who they are. What no standard has cleanly solved is passing scoped authority down a multi-hop chain across organizations. Here is the real state of agent identity in 2026, minus the blockchain hype.

Machine Identity

The Identity Orchestration Layer for Hybrid AI

Machine identities now outnumber humans by 45 to 1 or more, and every AI agent widens the gap. Here is what an identity orchestration layer is, in plain terms, and how to build one that governs humans, workloads, and agents from a single control plane.

cybersecurity

How businesses are making way for zero trust

The companies used to work on a castle-and-moat defense principle in the past. By default, everyone within the network is regarded as a trusted source.