Zero Trust Isn't a Checkbox

This post elaborates on the Zero Trust security model as implemented in SingleStore Helios, detailing specific technical controls for identity verification (short-lived tokens, mTLS, JWT, cloud IAM integration, workload identity, MFA enforcement), access control (RBAC at portal and database levels, Row-Level Security, JIT access), network restriction (PrivateLink, Private Service Connect, bastion host for SRE access), and data protection (AES-256 at rest platform-managed and customer-managed, TLS 1.2+ in transit, mTLS at transport layer). It also poses critical questions to differentiate genuine Zero Trust architecture from marketing claims.