As remote and hybrid work has moved into the mainstream, organizations across industries are embracing zero trust to secure their users. In a zero trust approach, trust is never implicitly granted. Instead, it’s assumed that every access request is hostile or compromised, and application access request is granted if and only if:
- Its identity and context (the “who, what, and where” of the request)
- Can be verified
- The risks associated with that request can be evaluated in depth
- Policies can be enforced on a per-session basis
With growing numbers of applications and workloads moving to the cloud, it’s essential that organizations extend the same degree of protection their users currently enjoy when it comes to application access to all their cloud assets and services.