Take Your Mark

The many facets of the zero trust implementation process can be a source of frustration, which is why we offer a step-by-step guide to implementing zero trust models to help you make state-of-the-art IT security become a reality.

Martin Kuppinger

The zero trust model was published in 2010 by John Kindervag, who was employed by IT analysts Forrester Research at the time. However, the foundations for zero trust were laid down as early as 1994 by Stephen Paul Marsh in his doctoral thesis at the University of Stirling (Scotland). The strategy only really became popular in 2020 when, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many companies had to switch to home offices and new labor models at short notice, putting their previous safety solutions to the test. As a result, many companies defined zero trust as the core of their cybersecurity setups and launched projects to match. The steps from the basic model to a concrete implementation are painstaking, partly because the model was initially very network-centric (zero trust…

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ADMIN Network & Security (Digital) - 1 Issue, September/October 2024

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