The workplace has changed considerably recently. Employees are now working from corporate offices, home offices, client sites and even airport lounges. While this convenience has helped many organisations in improving their productivity, it has also increased the vulnerabilities and the entry points for potential cyber-attacks.
This is one of the reasons Zero Trust Architecture has become so popular. Despite the name, it does not mean that people do not trust their employees but rather that it is time to change the way companies have been authenticating access when such concepts as “the perimeter” is changing drastically.
Why Traditional Security Is No Longer Adequate
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Many organisations have previously had a simplistic assumption that if a person gets into their network, he/she is trustworthy. This is a good solution when the majority of the employees work in the same office and use company devices.
This principle no longer holds true in light of the hybrid way employees work now. Today, a user connects from a number of devices from various locations and more often than not uses cloud apps rather than in-house systems. Therefore, requiring login only is not enough.
Zero Trust states the opposite idea, it is never trust but always verify. Therefore, all those who need to have access to sensitive information must be verified at every moment they need to get that access.
Zero Trust As a Grave Business Strategy
Although Zero Trust has a lot to do with technology, it is necessary to say this notion can help a lot in a wider scope that is finer results in case of compromised accounts, regulatory compliance issues, and business resilience.
In addition to its security advantages, the concept of Zero Trust implies understanding who has their access to sensitive information. Very often, this process leads not only to better security but even more important to the discipline of operations.
Building Trust through Verification
It is important to note that the process of implementing the Zero Trust approach is a gradual one. In most cases, this implementation starts from the critical apps, privileged accounts and sensitive data.
