Security News > 2024 > May > Essential steps for zero-trust strategy implementation

A fourth quarter 2023 Gartner survey of 303 security leaders whose organizations had already implemented or are planning to implement a zero-trust strategy found that 56% of organizations are primarily pursuing a zero-trust strategy because it's cited as an industry best practice.

"For most organizations, a zero-trust strategy typically addresses half or less of an organization's environment and mitigates one-quarter or less of overall enterprise risk."

The scope of a zero-trust strategy does not typically include all of an organization's environment.

62% of organizations anticipate their cost will increase and 41% of organizations expect their staffing requirements will also increase as a result of a zero-trust implementation.

"The budget impacts of organizations who adopt a zero-trust strategy will vary based on the scope of the deployment as well as how robust the zero-trust strategy is early in the planning process," said Watts.

While only 35% of organizations said they encountered a failure that disrupted their zero-trust strategy implementation, organizations should have a zero-trust strategic plan outlining operational metrics and measure the effectiveness of zero-trust policies in order to minimize delays.

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