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Zero trust creator glad that patience paid off

John Kindervag’s zero trust security strategy was adopted by the US government last year

Zero trust creator John Kindervag: ‘Trust is a human emotion: why is it in digital systems?’

Frustration is the norm when you’re asking people to change the way they’ve always done things. For John Kindervag, the creator of the zero trust security strategy, it was something he could live with so long as they eventually listened.

Zero trust is a security framework requiring all users, whether in or outside an organisation’s network, to be authenticated, authorised and continuously validated for security configuration and posture before being granted or keeping access to ...