Zero trust is 15 years old, and like many teenagers, it can feel misunderstood and underappreciated.
The concept of zero trust was first defined by John Kindervag, a Forrester analyst at the time, as a strategy to replace the outmoded perimeter security model with a “never trust, always verify” approach. But going from principle to practice isn’t easy.
Accenture reports that 88% of organizations have encountered significant challenges implementing zero trust. In a recent Gartner survey, 35% of respondents who indicated that they either attempted or partially attempted a zero-trust initiative suffered failures that adversely affected their organization. “Gartner has observed numerous instance...