A Brief History of Zero Trust Security

The Forrester Zero Trust model, which has been around since 2009, argues that organisations should regard all network traffic as untrusted, regardless of where it’s coming from. The idea of a trusted internal perimeter leaves the organisation at risk if that perimeter is compromised or an insider turns malicious.

Of course, the situation has evolved significantly since 2009. Thanks to an increasingly mobile workforce and the widespread adoption of cloud services, it’s no longer safe to assume that your data is secure simply because a credential checks out. With most