How to Streamline Zero Trust Using the Shared Signals Framework

The Hacker News explains how the Shared Signals Framework (SSF) can streamline Zero Trust by enabling real-time exchange of security events across tools that may not natively support SSF. It notes that 88% of organisations admit they've suffered significant challenges in trying to implement such approaches, according to Accenture, and describes how SSF aims to fix this by standardising signal exchange.

A practical example from the piece shows Kolide Device Trust integrating with Tines to transmit SSF signals to Okta, with Tines enriching signals, linking them to users, and generating a Security Event Token to enforce Zero Trust policies. The guide covers a three-part workflow: generating and publishing SET signing keys, exposing the SSF transmitter API, and creating, signing, and sending SETs from Kolide events to Okta.

It highlights that this approach helps deliver continuous, real-time risk assessment and easier policy orchestration, even when source tools lack native SSF support. Published on 9 December 2025, the article is a contributed piece outlining how Tines can bridge interoperability gaps in identity and device posture management.