BrandPost: Zero Trust Needs to Play Well with Others

Babysitters and teachers know how important it is for children to be able to play well with others. If the new kid in class turns out to be a bully who throws crayons at classmates, he’s going to be put in a time out or hustled off to the principal’s office to consider the error of his ways.

When you’re trying to add security into your network, you need to be equally aware of how well it’s going to work with what’s already there. You’ve probably read a lot about the zero-trust security model, but you might be wondering how it really works in practice. And will it even work in your situation at all?

The two biggest challenges in security are managing complexity and visibility. Many organizations have countless solutions that they are trying to get to play nice with one another. Every time you’re faced with a new edict to improve security, the inevitable question is whether the new solution is going to make a horrible mess and metaphorically have to be put in a time out. No one wants that.

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