Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA)

Category: infrastructure

A cybersecurity framework premised on the core concept of "never trust, always verify" across all digital assets.

Zero Trust eliminates the concept of a trusted legacy network perimeter. Instead of assuming anything inside the corporate firewall is safe, ZTA requires continuous authentication, authorization, and micro-segmentation at every single device transaction stage, regardless of origin.

Common Examples

• Implementing zero trust architecture stopped the lateral movement of malware when a single developer laptop was compromised.
• ZTA requires evaluating device health logs alongside user credentials before granting database access nodes.