Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide

© Jason Garbis and Jerry W. Chapman 2021

J. Garbis, J. W. ChapmanZero Trust Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6702-8_2

2. What Is Zero Trust?

Jason Garbis¹   and Jerry W. Chapman²

(1)

Boston, MA, USA

(2)

Atlanta, GA, USA

 

In this chapter, we’re going to introduce Zero Trust as a concept, a philosophy, and a framework. In addition to a brief overview of the history and evolution of Zero Trust, we’ll also be introducing some guiding principles. We believe there are core and extended principles common to every Zero Trust initiative, which are important to understand as you embark on your journey. Our goal for this chapter is to provide you with a working definition of Zero Trust based on these principles, and a set of foundational platform requirements. ...