“Trust no one” used to be a rallying cry for X-Files TV show fans. Now it’s part of the US federal government zero-trust architecture, a new cybersecurity standard laid out in January.
“The foundational tenet of the zero-trust model is that no actor, system, network, or service operating outside or within the security perimeter is trusted,” according to a Department of Defense Zero Trust Reference Architecture document. The truth is, zero trust has been around for more than a decade. But what does it mean today, and should companies follow the government’s lead?
