Zero Trust: How to Beat Adversaries at Their Own Game
This white paper describes the Zero Trust principle and outlines benefits for securing enterprises of all sizes against cybersecurity threats. It delves into the mechanisms hackers typically employ to gain insider access to networks and describes how they move within them to carry out ransomware and other cyberattacks. It explains how a Zero Trust (ZT) approach defends against those threats. It also includes a historic analysis of breaches that resulted from inadequate attention to infrastructure protection, and it makes the business case for adopting the ZT model to shore up enterprise security. This paper emphasizes the intensified need to develop a ZT strategy in light of the acceleration of remote working and employee use of personal devices for business purposes in today’s world.
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