Security News > 2021 > July > Zero Trust, We Must

According to IDG's 2020 Security Priorities Survey, 75 percent of security-focused IT decision makers are aware of the Zero Trust model, with 18 percent actively using it in their organizations, and 10 percent piloting deployment.

Zero Trust is a security concept centered on the belief that organizations should not inherently trust entities inside or outside its perimeters, and instead should verify all requests to connect to its systems before granting access.

The original concept of Zero Trust was a data-centric network design that leveraged micro-segmentation to enforce more granular rules and ultimately limit lateral movement by attackers.

Nowadays, Zero Trust is being used by organizations to drive strategic security initiatives and enable business decision makers and IT leaders to implement pragmatic prevention, detection, and response measures.

Applying security controls to each of the above-mentioned elements provides a roadmap to Zero Trust.

For most organizations, the path to Zero Trust should start with identity paired with endpoint resilience to create a more resilient work from anywhere user population.

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