Articles
Zero Trust Architecture in Financial Systems: A Guide from mTLS to Service Mesh
Why "zero trust" is not a marketing slogan but an engineering approach that starts at mTLS and ends at granular RBAC. A detailed guide with Istio and Linkerd code examples, an explanation of certificate management and an analysis of the rollout challenges in financial environments.
Event-Driven Architecture at Exchanges: Kafka, Flink and the Data Pipeline of the Trading World
How modern exchanges process millions of messages per second — from the FIX protocol through to FPGA. A review of Apache Kafka, Apache Flink and Aeron in the context of trading systems, with a comparison of Eurex T7 against CME iLink 3.0.
HSM and Key Management: The Root of Trust That Financial Infrastructure Is Built On
What an HSM is, why you need one, and how to choose between CloudHSM and a physical HSM. A review of FIPS 140-3 and PKCS#11, plus an analysis of AWS CloudHSM, Azure Dedicated HSM, Thales Luna and Entrust nShield.