Here is a little exercise for you. Imagine that tomorrow morning nobody can come into the office. Not for a day, but for weeks. It doesn\u00b4t really matter why. A fire, a flooded basement, a strike in the public transport or something else entirely. Everybody has to work from home.<\/p>\n
How does your security look then? For many companies the honest answer is: Not good. The security model is built on the assumption that the users are inside the building, on the corporate network, behind the firewall. The VPN is sized for a few hundred travelling sales people, not for the whole company. And the moment everyone is on their home network, sharing it with the kids\u00b4 gaming consoles and a smart fridge, most of your protection is gone.<\/p>\n
This is where Zero Trust shows its value. If access is based on a strong identity and a healthy, managed device instead of where the user sits, it doesn\u00b4t matter much if the user is in the office, at home or at a caf\u00e9. The same checks apply. Applications published through the identity platform instead of the VPN, devices managed from the cloud and data that is protected wherever it is stored.<\/p>\n
And if you never need it? Then you have still made life a lot harder for the attackers. Not a bad deal.<\/p>\n
Build it before you need it. When the office is closed it\u00b4s too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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