Zero Trust Security: Why “Trust but Verify” Is No Longer Enough
CYBERSECURITY • NETWORK SECURITY Zero Trust Security: Why “Trust but Verify” Is No Longer Enough Modern organizations no longer operate from one office, one network, or one data center. Employees may work remotely, applications may run in cloud environments, mobile devices may connect from different locations, and services may communicate through APIs. In this environment, protecting only the network perimeter is no longer enough. Zero Trust changes the security question from “Are you inside the network?” to “Should this specific request receive access to this specific resource?” Zero Trust Architecture — The Basic Idea Users, devices and applications request access. A policy decision is made before a protected resource is made available. USER Identity and authentication DEVICE Security posture ...