In a cloud-first, remote work world, trust needs to be observant, contextual, and adaptive, not black or white (block or allow) as it was in the past.

No entity can assume implicit trust, and the components used to establish trust have to be assessed at all times. This is ultimately what zero trust is all about: A more systematic and secure approach to information access.

The document provides an understanding of the principal components and implementation steps of pragmatic Zero Trust concepts.