Securing applications

Since more applications are being exposed on the internet, the number of attacks and data breaches are growing by the day. This means it is important to secure applications properly.

Up until recently, a common practice was to leverage firewalls and VPNs as the main layer of defense against attacks. Often, this was combined with questionable security within the boundaries of the enterprise environment. This is becoming less viable with more employees working from home or using their personal laptop or phone. More and more services are also being exposed to partners or the public. This is blurring the line of the enterprise network. The whole idea of trusting what is on the inside, but not what is on the outside, was also somewhat questionable as there are often ways for attackers to get inside the enterprise network, and it also provides less protection against an internal attack.

Essentially, something better is needed than just a firewall. Keycloak is...