Zero Trust: Countering Cyber Threats Stemming From Human Error
DataCenter Knowledge, Monday, November 20,2023
With human error still accounting for the majority of cyber-attacks, can a zero-trust approach remove this lingering vulnerability in an organization's security framework?
The mainstay of cybersecurity practices has been that bad actors are 'out there' and defense mechanisms secure workloads and data 'in here.' This drives the perimeter-centric idea of enterprise security, focusing primarily on inbound attacks with firewalls and passwords to protect workloads and data.
However, after the pandemic and the consequent acceleration in digital transformation, the challenges for protecting users and workloads have increased significantly. Boardroom meetings went virtual, sensitive company data was shared among geographically distributed teams, and employees now access enterprise servers via multiple devices to stay connected.