--- title: The SOFTwarfare Blog | zero trust description: zero trust | Research and insights from SOFTwarfare. image: https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/SWF%20Logos/favicon.ico --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.softwarfare.com/tag/zero-trust#main) [![SOFTwarfare Hi-Res Logo Black](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SOFTwarfare%20Hi-Res%20Logo%20Black.png?width=150&height=50&name=SOFTwarfare%20Hi-Res%20Logo%20Black.png) ![SOFTwarfare Logo](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SWF%20Logos/swf_logo_white.png?width=140&height=50&name=swf_logo_white.png) ![SOFTwarfare Hi-Res Logo Black](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SOFTwarfare%20Hi-Res%20Logo%20Black.png?width=105&height=35&name=SOFTwarfare%20Hi-Res%20Logo%20Black.png) ![SOFTwarfare Logo](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SWF%20Logos/swf_logo_white.png?width=150&height=54&name=swf_logo_white.png)](https://www.softwarfare.com) - [Platform](https://www.softwarfare.com/zero-trust-identity) - Show submenu for Use Cases Use Cases - [Passwordless Authentication](https://www.softwarfare.com/passwordless-authentication) - [Desktop Login](https://www.softwarfare.com/desktop-login) - [Single Sign On (SSO)](https://www.softwarfare.com/single-sign-on--sso) - [Privileged Access](https://www.softwarfare.com/privileged-access) - [Secured Integration](https://www.softwarfare.com/secured-integration) - Show submenu for Enterprise Enterprise - [Verticals](https://www.softwarfare.com/verticals) - [Resources](https://www.softwarfare.com/resources) - [Defense](https://www.softwarfare.com/defense) - Show submenu for Company Company - [About Us](https://www.softwarfare.com/about-us) - [Blog](https://blog.softwarfare.com) - [Partners](https://www.softwarfare.com/partners) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Platform](https://www.softwarfare.com/zero-trust-identity) - Show submenu for Use Cases Use Cases - Use Cases - [Passwordless Authentication](https://www.softwarfare.com/passwordless-authentication) - [Desktop Login](https://www.softwarfare.com/desktop-login) - [Single Sign On (SSO)](https://www.softwarfare.com/single-sign-on--sso) - [Privileged Access](https://www.softwarfare.com/privileged-access) - [Secured Integration](https://www.softwarfare.com/secured-integration) - Show submenu for Enterprise Enterprise - Enterprise - [Verticals](https://www.softwarfare.com/verticals) - [Resources](https://www.softwarfare.com/resources) - [Defense](https://www.softwarfare.com/defense) - Show submenu for Company Company - Company - [About Us](https://www.softwarfare.com/about-us) - [Blog](https://blog.softwarfare.com) - [Partners](https://www.softwarfare.com/partners) - [See a Demo](https://www.softwarfare.com/demo) - - - [See a Demo](https://www.softwarfare.com/demo) #### Posts about zero trust #### [Apr 15, 2026, 10:29:19 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/Identity%20Signals%20Graphic%20V1-1.png) Identity as the Control Plane UAVs, AI, and autonomous systems are redefining the modern battlefield at a pace that traditional security can’t match. But as we rush to deploy these capabilities, a critical gap remains that most architectures still ignore: identity.](https://blog.softwarfare.com/identity-as-the-control-plane) #### [Mar 31, 2026, 9:10:53 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/Identity%20Signals%20Graphic%20V1.png) The Shift to Adaptive Persistent Threats: Why Identity is the New Battlefield UAV warfare isn’t going away; it’s accelerating, and it’s fundamentally changing the balance of power on the battlefield.](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-shift-to-adaptive-persistent-threats-why-identity-is-the-new-battlefield) #### [Feb 25, 2026, 8:00:02 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/Social%20Image%202.25.26.jpg) Beyond the Proxy: The Session Hijack Reality The digital perimeter hasn’t just shifted, it has been bypassed. In arecent report by Brian Krebs, a new breed of Phishing-as-a-Service known as "Starkiller" has emerged. It is specifically designed to exploit a fundamental misunderstanding of MFA. This is not a credential harvesting operation. It ...](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-the-proxy) #### [Feb 9, 2026, 10:34:09 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/vishing%20blog%20post%202.9.26.png) Beyond MFA: How ShinyHunters Exposed the Authentication Illusion The Mandiant report on ShinyHunters (UNC6661) is not a post-mortem on technical genius; it is an indictment of Static Trust. For years, the industry has treated Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) as a binary checkbox—a finish line. This is a lethal assumption. Once a user clears the login gate, ...](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-mfa-shinyhunters-exposed-authentication-illusion) #### [Jan 22, 2026, 9:30:32 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/Untitled-1.jpg) The Engineering of Trust: Building Secure-by-Design Identity For too long, the industry has viewed security as a final inspection, a checklist item to be cleared by a separate team just before the real work goes live. In a landscape where identity is the new perimeter, this legacy mindset is a liability. In modern software delivery, security is not a gate, ...](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-engineering-of-trust) #### [Jan 19, 2026, 8:00:02 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/1.19post.jpg) The CISO’s Blind Spot: Third-Party Identity Risk The perimeter hasn’t just shifted; it has dissolved into a complex web of interconnected vendors, contractors, and service providers. For the modern CISO or Risk Officer, this presents a sobering reality: enterprise security is now only as strong as the Identity and Access Management of the least ...](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-cisos-blind-spot) #### [Jan 14, 2026, 8:00:01 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/Long%20live%20CA.jpg) Zero Trust is Dead. Long Live Continuous Authentication. The security industry has spent five years obsessed with the point of entry. We perfected the "Check-at-Door" protocol and called it Zero Trust. But for a modern CISO, this static approach is now a primary liability. If your security model grants a session token and then goes to sleep, you haven't ...](https://blog.softwarfare.com/long-live-continuous-authentication) #### [Jan 7, 2026, 8:05:01 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/unnamed%20(5).png) Beyond the Login: Why Static MFA is Officially Obsolete in 2026 If your MFA strategy only checks a code at the front door, you aren’t protected, you’re just delayed. In 2026, relying on static, point-in-time authentication is a failure of risk management that ignores the current threat landscape.](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-the-login-why-static-mfa-is-officially-obsolete-in-2026) #### [Jan 6, 2026, 7:30:00 AM ![](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hubfs/January%206%20Blog%20Post%20Image-1.png) The Fallacy of Human-Scale Defense in the Era of Agentic AI The assumption that your Security Operations Center, currently tethered to human latency and legacy SIEM triggers, can withstand the next eighteen months is a delusion. By 2026, the primary threat vector will not be a faster script, but a Multiagent System (MAS) capable of independent reasoning and ...](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-fallacy-of-human-scale-defense-in-the-era-of-agentic-ai-1) # Articles about zero trust #### [Apr 15, 2026, 10:29:19 AM Identity as the Control Plane](https://blog.softwarfare.com/identity-as-the-control-plane) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/identity-as-the-control-plane) #### [Mar 31, 2026, 9:10:53 AM The Shift to Adaptive Persistent Threats: Why Identity is the New Battlefield](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-shift-to-adaptive-persistent-threats-why-identity-is-the-new-battlefield) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-shift-to-adaptive-persistent-threats-why-identity-is-the-new-battlefield) #### [Feb 25, 2026, 8:00:02 AM Beyond the Proxy: The Session Hijack Reality](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-the-proxy) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-the-proxy) #### [Feb 9, 2026, 10:34:09 AM Beyond MFA: How ShinyHunters Exposed the Authentication Illusion](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-mfa-shinyhunters-exposed-authentication-illusion) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-mfa-shinyhunters-exposed-authentication-illusion) #### [Jan 22, 2026, 9:30:32 AM The Engineering of Trust: Building Secure-by-Design Identity](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-engineering-of-trust) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-engineering-of-trust) #### [Jan 19, 2026, 8:00:02 AM The CISO’s Blind Spot: Third-Party Identity Risk](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-cisos-blind-spot) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-cisos-blind-spot) #### [Jan 14, 2026, 8:00:01 AM Zero Trust is Dead. Long Live Continuous Authentication.](https://blog.softwarfare.com/long-live-continuous-authentication) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/long-live-continuous-authentication) #### [Jan 7, 2026, 8:05:01 AM Beyond the Login: Why Static MFA is Officially Obsolete in 2026](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-the-login-why-static-mfa-is-officially-obsolete-in-2026) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/beyond-the-login-why-static-mfa-is-officially-obsolete-in-2026) #### [Jan 6, 2026, 7:30:00 AM The Fallacy of Human-Scale Defense in the Era of Agentic AI](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-fallacy-of-human-scale-defense-in-the-era-of-agentic-ai-1) [Read article](https://blog.softwarfare.com/the-fallacy-of-human-scale-defense-in-the-era-of-agentic-ai-1) [![SOFTwarfare Logo Web White](https://blog.softwarfare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SOFTwarfare%20Logo%20Web%20White%20NoR.png?width=140&height=45&name=SOFTwarfare%20Logo%20Web%20White%20NoR.png "SOFTwarfare Logo Web White")](https://www.softwarfare.com) [**Platform**](https://www.softwarfare.com/zero-trust-identity) Use Cases [Passwordless Authentication](https://www.softwarfare.com/passwordless-authentication) [Desktop Login](https://www.softwarfare.com/desktop-login) [Single Sign On (SSO)](https://www.softwarfare.com/single-sign-on--sso) [Privileged Access](https://www.softwarfare.com/privileged-access) [Secured Integration](https://www.softwarfare.com/secured-integration) **Enterprise** [Verticals](https://www.softwarfare.com/verticals) [**Resources**](https://www.softwarfare.com/resources) [Defense](https://www.softwarfare.com/defense) Company [About Us](https://www.softwarfare.com/about-us) [Blog](https://blog.softwarfare.com/) [Partners](https://www.softwarfare.com/partners) [See a Demo](https://www.softwarfare.com/demo) ©2025 SOFTwarfare. 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