Zero Trust: Beyond The Hype, Toward Reality
Security is approaching Zero Trust all wrong.
Vendors are promising too much and delivering too little. Marketing hype has overtaken practical security, and organizations are chasing an idea of Zero Trust that doesn’t (and arguably shouldn’t) exist in reality. The result is confusion, frustration, and initiatives that stall long before they meaningfully reduce risks.
If we ignore the hype, we can talk honestly about what Zero Trust means: what it isn’t, and how it can work for businesses.
No state of absolute Zero Trust
In a literal sense, Zero Trust is totally unworkable for most businesses. If there were no trust at any point, users would be forced to reauthenticate, device posture would need to be revalidated, and identity would be re-proven for every single action, every time. Productivity would plummet, users would balk, and business would grind to a halt.
Zero Trust is a framework, and there is no...
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