Maybe you’ve just found out that your company’s IT organization is implementing Zero Trust . Does that mean they don’t trust you? “Zero Trust” sure sounds that way. Maybe you’ve read about it online or heard somebody talk about it in terms that equate Zero Trust with the idea that users and devices are never trusted. It’s hard to feel good about an IT organization that doesn’t trust the company’s own employees. But I don’t think that this view of Zero Trust is the right one. Zero Trust is about putting in place systems that help safeguard both the employees and the company, systems that help ensure that an innocent mistake will not cause terrible damage.

\n Funny story (sort of): A couple of years ago, as a form of schwag for our Zero Trust product team, we created some t-shirts that just said “Zero Trust” on the front. Well, the first time I wore that shirt at home, it got a less-than-stellar response from my wife and children. They wanted to know what it meant. Did it mean that I don’t trust anyone?…