Zero-Trust Use Cases to Know About
Simply taking trust out of the equation to achieve zero trust sounds simple enough. However, it's not quite that easy. It takes new tools, methodologies, and a different way of thinking to transition from a traditional security architecture that assumes trust for devices, people, and places to a zero-trust model that trusts nothing until it is verified. Castle-and-moat security designs from the past focused on the perimeter. Until proven otherwise, everything that was outside the perimeter was hostile. To secure the internet and extranet edges of corporate networks, network security tools, such as firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, VPNs, and other security services, were implemented. Network-connected devices, users, and communications were largely regarded as "trusted" once inside. Although many in the industry realized this wasn't the most secure strategy, tools that help assume all network devices, users, and locations should be considered untrusted until the...