The Zero Trust Zone

Certificates are either your strongest authentication control or your biggest hidden liability. In Episode 6 of The Zero Trust Zone , I’m joined by identity expert Jake Hildreth to unpack the real-world security implications of Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS). We discuss why PKI is often misunderstood, how certificate misconfigurations become high-impact attack paths, and how tools l...

What happens when passkeys hit real-world environments? In Episode 5, I’m joined by identity expert and Microsoft MVP Eric Woodruff to break down the practical implications of passkey adoption, the good, the bad, and the unexpected. We talk about: 🔹 What passkeys actually solve (and what they don’t) 🔹 Lessons learned from early deployments 🔹 Challenges, device sync issues, and recovery scenario...

Active Directory is still at the heart of many organizations, and that makes it a prime target. When it gets compromised, the blast radius can be massive. In this episode of The Zero Trust Zone , we’re joined by legendary Microsoft MVP Jorge de Almeida Pinto , a seasoned expert in incident response and identity recovery, to unpack what really happens when AD goes down. What makes AD so attractive...

In this episode of The Zero Trust Zone, we tackle a topic many teams avoid—identity governance—and show why it’s absolutely essential in a Zero Trust world. Joining us is Microsoft MVP and identity expert Jan Vidar Elven, who breaks down how Microsoft Entra Identity Governance can help organizations automate, secure, and streamline access—without drowning in complexity. We discuss:🔹 What identity...

Welcome back to The Zero Trust Zone! In this episode, we’re joined by Microsoft MVP and identity security expert Thomas Naunheim to dive deep into a powerful Zero Trust design pattern: the bastion tenant. 👉 What is a bastion tenant? 👉 Why are more organizations isolating their admin identities into separate, hardened tenants? 👉 Is this a must-have security strategy—or just a legacy relic from o...

In this episode of the Zero Trust Zone podcast, host Michael Van Horenbeeck speaks with Rohit Gulati from Microsoft about decentralized identities and their growing importance in cybersecurity. They discuss the principles of decentralized identity, the role of trust systems, and how Microsoft is addressing these challenges with its verified ID solution. The conversation also touches on the need fo...