The Zero Trust security model has emerged as a critical strategy for protecting organizational assets, focusing on strict access controls and not trusting anyone by default. Organizations moving from on-premises to cloud-based solutions can leverage this approach to strengthen their security posture and design appropriate controls. Cloudsmith integrates Zero Trust principles into its comprehensive artifact management platform to provide robust protection for software supply chains. The platform helps organizations implement Zero Trust security through five simple steps, including provisioning developers with zero trust access, securing build pipelines with trusted publishing, continuous monitoring and validation, managing access to third parties, and ensuring vulnerabilities in software packages are addressed. By adopting a Zero Trust approach, organizations can enhance their security, simplify compliance and management, and protect against the risks of token exfiltration and abuse.