When technology leaders encounter the term “zero trust” for the first time, they often find it off-putting. In a cybersecurity context, zero trust sounds like a paranoid approach, embracing the “trust nobody” philosophy that forms the basis for many negative stereotypes of cybersecurity teams.

The reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Zero-trust approaches to cybersecurity actually empower employees to work more effectively and remove barriers to efficiency created by legacy security controls.