Podcast: The case for zero-trust networks
In the aftermath of the massive U.S. Office of Personnel Management data breach in 2015, then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz came out with recommendations that all government agencies adopt a “zero-trust” approach to cybersecurity. That concept was based on a model created by John Kindervag, a vice president and principal analyst at the time with Forrester Research, and now field chief technology officer at Palo Alto Networks. In a new CyberScoop podcast on next-generation security platforms, Kindervag explains what distinguishes zero-trust network security from other holistic security models and what enterprises and agencies can do to embrace it more fully to their networks. “The thing that distinguishes zero trust is we focus on the fundamental problem we have in cybersecurity today,” says Kindervag. The problem? The traditional trust model networks have relied upon is broken. “The trust model we have – that all users external to the network are untrusted and bad, […]
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