The zero trust cybersecurity model has become a popular topic of conversation in cybersecurity circles of late, with many cybersecurity experts urging organizations to adopt the concept. This should come as no surprise with the threat landscape getting seemingly more threatening by the day.
For the uninitiated, a zero trust architecture is a holistic and layered cybersecurity model that focuses on preventing data breaches by removing trust from an organization’s network and users. Instead of the old “trust, but verify” approach to monitoring potential problems, the underlying philosophy in a zero trust architecture is “never trust, always verify.”