Zero trust (ZT) is a set of ideas to move defenses from static, network-based perimeters to focus on users, assets, and resources. It allows us to focus is on p

Zero trust (ZT) is a set of ideas to move defenses from static, network-based perimeters to focus on users, assets, and resources. It allows us to focus is on protecting resources and applications, not network segments (which are inherently insecure). ZT assumes there is no implicit trust granted to assets or user accounts solely on their physical or network location or asset ownership. Authentication and authorization need to be performed before a session to an enterprise resource is established. OpenZiti provides anyone the tools to embed zero trust mesh networking into their solution or application. It allows you to close all inbound ports on your firewall (one inbound firewall rule of deny-all), making your network unreachable from other networks, at layer 3. Your private OpenZiti Fabric allows your apps and users to outbound connect both 'sides' of the app, e.g. a client and server, into one bidirectional session, regardless of which side initiated the specific connection request.