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How Zero Trust Enables More Effective Security

Management

Moving to Zero Trust Architecture as a standard

By Jim Hietala, Vice President of Business Development and Security at The Open Group

There’s a huge buzz around Zero Trust in the business world. Unlike traditional information security, Zero
Trust is a security framework that trusts NO ONE. It requires all users - whether in or outside a company’s
network - to be authenticated, authorized, and continuously verified before being allowed inside.

Zero Trust promises reduced risk, improved productivity, enhanced business agility and a healthier
bottom line. In fact, a recent study shows Zero Trust approaches resulted in 50% fewer breaches
for businesses - along with IT savings of up to 40%.

And organizations all over the globe are embracing it. Indeed, according to a 2022 Okta report, 97% of
organizations have already implemented, or plan to implement, Zero Trust security this year - up from
just 16% in 2019.

It now seems every security vendor in every security market niche is savvy to the trend, and promising
organizations that their products will deliver this in-demand, next-gen security architecture. However,
much like exaggerated claims of ‘sustainability’, ‘Zero Trust’ should also be taken with a grain of salt.
Organizations would do well to parse through the hype.

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