Zero Trust doesn't have to be intimidating. Learn how Identity-Aware Proxies transform service access from perimeter-based to continuous verification, explained through the universal experience of airport security.

Imagine if showing your ID once at airport security meant you could then board any plane, enter the cockpit, or walk into customs. Sounds absurd? Yet this is how perimeter-based security works - one check, then complete trust. Based on Google's BeyondCorp papers, this talk breaks down Zero Trust and Identity-Aware Proxies, where every access request is verified based on identity, device, and context - just as airports verify your credentials at every secure checkpoint, from airport security to boarding gates to airline lounges. Through technical concepts and the analogy of airport security, we'll explore how to implement these principles in real-world applications.

Nick is a developer advocate at Pomerium, a zero trust, identity-aware proxy platform that enables secure, clientless connections to web applications and services without a corporate VPN.

With over a decade of open source contributions and five years of professional open source experience at companies like OpenSauced, dev.to, and Netlify, he brings deep community knowledge to his work. You’ll often find him live streaming tech content, either solo or with friends from the community.