AN ADVANCED HYBRID SECURITY FRAMEWORK: ENHANCING ZERO TRUST ARCHITECTURE IN DISTRIBUTED CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS VIA PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.68023/xrx5dr52Keywords:
Zero-Trust Architecture, Blockchain Technology, Cloud Security, Smart Contracts, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cryptographic Auditing.Abstract
Modern distributed cloud architectures are highly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber threats due to the inherent limitations of traditional perimeter-based security parameters. This research presents a comprehensive, high-security hybrid framework that natively integrates Zero-Trust Architecture (ZTA) with decentralized Private Blockchain networks. By replacing continuous implicit trust with explicit, cryptographic, and dynamic validation parameters, this model ensures that every user, node, and micro-transaction is verified
in real-time. The deployment of decentralized smart contracts prevents single-point-of-failure vulnerabilities, minimizes lateral threat
movements, and guarantees immutable synchronization of administrative audit trails.
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