Project Zero Trust

Chapter 6Zero Trust DevOps

Dylan had to duck into a corner to get out of the way of the movers rolling the red tool chests out of Olivia's old office. He was able to inch a little further before the next group of movers hauled the red couch away as well. Once they were out of the way, he went into the large corner office to find Vic pacing along the windows of the office. The room was now full of plastic-wrapped furniture. Dylan was about to speak when Vic held up his hand and began talking. It took a moment before Dylan realized Vic had his wireless headphones in and was speaking with someone else.

The last several days had been a whirlwind. Olivia called an all-hands meeting just a couple days after the cybercriminal's last tweet, and she had announced that she was stepping down from her role as CEO. She thanked everyone for their support and announced that Victor Vega was going to be the interim CEO while the company conducted a national search. The most important thing, she emphasized, was that she didn't want any distractions from their new product launch. Even her.

“Tell them we're going to need double the number of orders to meet expectations. This will be our chance to do something revolutionary and we're not going to shoot ourselves in the foot by not having enough on day one to meet demand,” Vic said to the person on the phone.

Vic was the natural person to step up and assume the role. He had been at the company since the beginning and everyone assumed he'd take over ...