The Perimeter Defense Is Dead
Traditional network security relied on perimeter firewalls. In today's multi-cloud, remote-first reality, an attacker inside your VPC must be treated with the same zero-trust scrutiny as an attacker on the public internet.
Three Core Pillars of Zero Trust
- Explicit Verification: Authenticate and authorize based on all available data points including identity, device posture, and workload telemetry.
- Least Privilege Access: Limit user and service account permissions with Just-In-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough-Access (JEA) models.
- Assume Breach: Segment networks into micro-perimeters, encrypt data at rest and in transit using mutual TLS (mTLS).
