--- title: Best Practices for Secure Infrastructure Access | daily.dev description: An excerpt from a Teleport tech paper argues that traditional network-perimeter security models (VPNs, firewalls, bastion hosts) are increasingly inadequate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/best-practices-for-secure-infrastructure-access-lrdhtabhv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Practices for Secure Infrastructure Access | daily.dev og:description: An excerpt from a Teleport tech paper argues that traditional network-perimeter security models (VPNs, firewalls, bastion hosts) are increasingly inadequate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/best-practices-for-secure-infrastructure-access-lrdhtabhv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lRDHTABhv.png og:image:alt: Best Practices for Secure Infrastructure Access og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Best Practices for Secure Infrastructure Access **[Teleport](https://daily.dev/sources/teleport)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An excerpt from a Teleport tech paper argues that traditional network-perimeter security models (VPNs, firewalls, bastion hosts) are increasingly inadequate given dynamic cloud infrastructure, containerization, and the explosion of secrets like API keys and SSH keys. It outlines four best practices for modern infrastructure access: basing decisions on identity, making security easy to use, not trusting private networks, and centralizing auditing and monitoring. The piece discusses pressure points like dynamic infrastructure, weak internal protections, and over-reliance on secrets, promoting a shift toward identity-based, zero-trust access models. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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