When you understand Zero Trust, you see
trust for what it is—a vulnerability that attackers exploit. Attackers
can steal credentials, spoof information in packet headers, and
even be “trusted” employees or partners. Edward Snowden was a trusted
user who had the right antivirus software and the right patch level
on his workstation. He also used Multi-Factor Authentication. But
nobody cared about where he went on the network or the packets he
generated because he was a trusted user, so he could explore the
network and find and exfiltrate sensitive data. The lesson is that
outcome of digital trust is digital betrayal; don’t trust identities, applications,
or data. When you take a Zero Trust viewpoint, you:
