Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Network security is struggling to keep up with the reality of how organizations are build and connect today. From hybrid network (on-premises and in the cloud) to large mobile user bases, traditional network security—push everything through a choke point—is well past it's best before date.
What's next? Current it looks like zero trust or lean trust designs will solve the most problems in the most efficient way. But is there a difference between the two?
Is one name more accurate or better than the other?
References;
- kick off post by Barry Fisher at Cisco, blogs.cisco.com/security/forresters-zero-trust-or-gartners-lean-trust
- Gartner's lean trust approach with CARTA, gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/the-gartner-it-security-approach-for-the-digital-age
- Forrester's zero trust architecture, forrester.com/report/Five+Steps+To+A+Zero+Trust+Network/-/E-RES120510#
- Google's BeyondCorp, cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/preparing-beyondcorp-world-your-company
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Network security is struggling to keep up with the reality of how organizations are build and connect today. From hybrid network (on-premises and in the cloud) to large mobile user bases, traditional network security—push everything through a choke point—is well past it's best before date.
What's next? Current it looks like zero trust or lean trust designs will solve the most problems in the most efficient way. But is there a difference between the two?
Is one name more accurate or better than the other?
References;
- kick off post by Barry Fisher at Cisco, blogs.cisco.com/security/forresters-zero-trust-or-gartners-lean-trust
- Gartner's lean trust approach with CARTA, gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/the-gartner-it-security-approach-for-the-digital-age
- Forrester's zero trust architecture, forrester.com/report/Five+Steps+To+A+Zero+Trust+Network/-/E-RES120510#
- Google's BeyondCorp, cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/preparing-beyondcorp-world-your-company
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