Security News > 2021 > April > Zero trust: The good, the bad and the ugly

Like most things concerning cybersecurity, zero trust has a good side, a bad side and an ugly side.

In his TechRepublic article, 5 tips for implementing a zero trust model, Lance Whitney offers how-to information on setting up and enforcing zero trust.

Zorz, in a more recent Help Net Security article Zero Trust creator talks about implementation, misconceptions, strategy, talks to John Kindervag, senior VP of cybersecurity strategy at ON2IT, about zero trust, asking specifically what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong.

They are convinced that zero trust is the way to go, and say so in their paper Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model.

"Zero trust eliminates trust from digital systems, because trust is a vulnerability that can be exploited."

According to Kindervag, there are no "Zero trust products." He told Zorz, "There are products that work well in zero trust environments, but if a vendor comes in to sell you their 'zero trust' product, that's a pretty good indication that they don't understand the concept."

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