CDA foundational security architecture and zero possession principles
11 total articles
How the Empty Fortress Standard proposes global data protection harmonization through architecture, not legislation. Five verifiable tiers that satisfy privacy obligations in any jurisdiction.
The Empty Fortress Doctrine: an architecture pattern that makes data breaches yield nothing worth stealing. The principle behind CDA's Sovereign Data Protocol.
Cryptographic key lifecycle governance: generation, storage, rotation, and the envelope encryption pattern.
Finding and eliminating the data you didn't know you had — the hidden enemy of zero possession architecture.
Designing retention policies that enforce the temporal dimension of data minimization.
Operating under the assumption that breach is inevitable, and designing your architecture so it doesn't matter.
How CDA's Empty Fortress doctrine relates to traditional defense in depth — complementary strategies starting from different assumptions.
Architectural patterns for limiting blast radius through isolation of systems, data, and access.
The first line of Empty Fortress defense: strategies for collecting, processing, and retaining only what you strictly need.
A phased roadmap for implementing Zero Trust architecture in small and mid-sized businesses, integrated with Empty Fortress doctrine.
Encryption at rest protects stored data, encryption in transit protects data in motion. Both require proper key management.
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