Zero Trust Cybersecurity Poses Challenges, Raises Questions for Organizations

Zero trust cybersecurity is a practice, not a philosophy.

Edward Gately, Senior News Editor

December 8, 2021

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A growing number of organizations are turning to zero trust cybersecurity to help protect them from damaging, costly cyberattacks. But what exactly does zero trust mean?

Zero trust cybersecurity is a strategic initiative that helps prevent successful data breaches by eliminating the concept of trust from an organization’s network architecture.

At our recent Channel Partners Conference & Expo, we conducted roundtables with channel experts addressing hot topics in areas such as cybersecurity, cloud and MSPs.

Zero trust cybersecurity was among hot topics addressed during our roundtable with cybersecurity experts.

Panelists included:

Katz said zero trust is necessary in every environment, while Norton said if you don’t understand where your data is, “all of this is a waste of time.”

Scroll through our slideshow above for highlights from this roundtable.

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Edward Gately

Senior News Editor, Channel Futures

As senior news editor, Edward Gately covers cybersecurity, new channel programs and program changes, M&A and other IT channel trends. Prior to Informa, he spent 26 years as a newspaper journalist in Texas, Louisiana and Arizona.

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