Security News > 2020 > April > Microsoft Launches Free Zero Trust Assessment Tool
Microsoft last week announced the availability of a tool designed to help organizations see where they are in their journey to implement a zero trust security model.
The capabilities provided by on-premises identity and security solutions can be limited, and one way to address the challenges associated with secure remote access is to implement a zero trust security model.
The zero trust model, whose guiding principle is "Never trust, always verify," assumes that every request originates from an uncontrolled network.
Microsoft says every company looking to implement the zero trust model is at a different stage in their journey, and the assessment tool released by the tech giant can help them determine exactly where they are.
Microsoft says it plans on publishing deployment guides for each of the six foundational elements of zero trust - these are identities, devices, applications, data, infrastructure and networks - in the upcoming period.