Zero Trust Architecture on AWS in 2026: The Production Blueprint I Used for PCI DSS Financial Microservices
“Never trust, always verify” sounds simple — until you have to implement it across a production AWS environment handling millions in regulated transactions. During my time at SWBC, I led the complete Zero Trust redesign of PCI DSS-compliant financial microservices. We replaced implicit network trust with explicit, continuous verification at every layer. Here is the…