When a Zero Trust Firewall is Not a Zero Trust Firewall

A diesel fuel nozzle and an electric car charging plug held facing each other, with overlaid text comparing threat detection to zero trust.

Here’s a good example of a security vendor claiming to offer a Zero Trust firewall that’s fundamentally different from everything else on the market. Technically, it isn’t. The same claim is made about their browser software. For the same reason, that isn’t zero trust either. It’s a threat detection firewall with better marketing. The single […]

Zero Trust for Web Links, PSD3, and Why Upstream Fraud Prevention Matters

Early Firefox browser extension showing trust and verification indicators directly inside Google search results using semantic content labels.

This article sits in the middle of an important exchange between Paul Rohan, Aidan Herbert, and my earlier post on PSD3, instant payments, and upstream fraud prevention. Paul challenged the casual use of the phrase “new paradigm” in security, arguing correctly that most so called innovations are just faster versions of the same reactive model. […]