 zero trust securing your business zero trust securing your business hemraj tue 10142025 244 zero trust securing your business contributors laszlo s gonc cissp first senior fellow divihn cybersecurity center of excellence linkedin laszlo sgonc zero trust securing your business latest trending image t raditional security models have been challenged as millions across the world have transitioned to remote work models wherever possible as the global workforce progresses towards the next normal of hybrid workplaces organizations have adopted remote work as a new standard but at what cost to security never trust always verify is the foundation of zero trust the rapid and meteoric rise in remotebased work has dramatically increased the exposure to cybersecurity threats with more targeted attacks on organizations from cyber aggressors and nationstate groups in addition to remote work the increased rise in the use of internet of things iot operational technology ot and networkenabled smart devices introduced new areas of potential compromise to enterprise networks every connected endpoint to an organization s network is a potential hackable entry point for a cyber aggressor with economic activity straining budgets decreasing and capital expenditures shrinking cybersecurity spend has come under pressure despite these pressures a new 2020 kaspersky report investment adjustment aligning it budgets with changing security priorities cybersecurity remains a priority for investment among businesses despite overall it budgets decreasing enterprise cybersecurity spend is up from 26 to 29 in 2020 in addition according to this study 71 of organizations expect their cybersecurity budgets to grow further in the next three years zero trust provides a scoped scalable agile and affordable framework to address the loss of a defined corporate perimeter and the increased security risk to corporate systems and sensitive data strategic benefits enables digital business transformation protects customer data and your business increases business speed and agility allows scaling rapidly and securely reduces capex and opex alleviates organizational friction reduces scope and cost of compliance solves the security skills shortage execution benefits decreases risk and improves visibility allows greater control in a cloud environment decreased need for vpns reduces complexity of the security stack supports cohesive it issue resolution achieves lower breach potential reduces time to breach detection aids compliance audit initiatives what is zero trust the zero trust model assumes a breach and verifies each access request as though it originates from an open network regardless of user resource and origination point this model presumes every data access request is fully authenticated authorized and encrypted before it is granted zero trust directly addresses the challenges of scope scale and flexibility in a dynamically changing world it reduces an organization s risk footprint and attack surface by assuming any user any device logging in from any location is a potential threat it doesn t increase trust it eliminates it in the past security tried to protect systems applications databases and users behind a rigidly defined perimeter with the loss of a definable perimeter the next normal is to never trust but always verify to ensure appropriate and defined access to users and systems in an everchanging world author laszlo s gonc cissp first senior fellow divihn cybersecurity center of excellence webinar image the ciso exchange for a safer digital world image zero trust architecture adoption in federal government image zero trust architecture adoption in federal government expert content image shadow ai and the governance gap what leaders must do now shantanoo govilkar image security by design part 2 joseph f norton image employee training awareness laszlo s gonc popular articles unleashing business potential the power of adaptive enterprise 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