What Is Zero Trust Security?

Zero Trust is a security strategy which requires users; be in within or outside the organization to be authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated before being given or keeping granted access to applications and data. This means, a zero-trust policy assumes that there is no traditional network edge – It can be local, in the cloud, a combination or a hybrid situation with resources from anywhere, and workers in any location.  

Zero trust security follows 3 major principles:

• Verifying Explicitly: Authenticating and authorizing based on all available data points
• Utilizing Least Privilege Access: Limit access with policies like Just-In-Time and Just-Enough-Access (JIT/JEA)
• Always Assuming Breach: Reducing the breach radius and segmenting access, by verifying end-to-end encryption, use of analytics for better view, using threat detection and improving overall cyber defenses.

In simpler terms – Zero trust security believes in a “never trust, always verify” policy!

Not considering that everything behind the corporate firewall is safe, the Zero Trust security simply assumes there is a breach and verifies each request as though it originated from a malicious network. No matter where the request originated from or what resource it accesses.

This security strategy works wonders with modern security dilemmas that embrace remote workforce and protects every user account, device, application, and data wherever they are located.