Explore how identity drives Zero Trust, with continuous monitoring and dynamic access decisions that protect resources across environments.
Imagine giving a stranger your house keys just because they walked past your driveway. That’s effectively what many organizations still do—granting implicit trust to users or systems based on network location.
Zero Trust flips this model on its head by treating every access request as untrusted until proven otherwise.
This is why zero trust architecture has become the gold standard in cybersecurity. But what exactly is zero trust, and why is identity its cornerstone?
Author summary: Identity drives Zero Trust security.