The philosophy of Zero Trust security—“never trust; always verify”—has certainly struck a chord. It took decades for organizations to move past the basic castle-andmoat security mindset, and to accept that in a cloud world, there is no perimeter to defend, and intruders are always on our networks. But today, boardrooms all over the world are embracing the security framework of Zero Trust, which has quickly evolved from quirky buzzword to strategic differentiator to business imperative. “Zero Trust is an information security model that denies access to applications and data by default,” according to Forrester’s 2022 definition. “...Zero Trust advocates these three core principles: All entities are untrusted by default; least privilege access is enforced; and comprehensive security monitoring is implemented.”
Today, Zero Trust is no longer a theoretical idea—it’s an active initiative for virtually every company with a digital footprint, though many organizations still have a long way to go to truly reap the rewards of an advanced Zero Trust security architecture