The article highlights the emergence of a computing infrastructure premised on eliminating the false sense of security from trusting traditional corporate networks' “castle-and-moat” approach.

With the advent of cloud computing, an increasingly remote workforce, mobile devices, and the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, organizations' security perimeters now extend far beyond the traditional network. The current fast-moving cybersecurity landscape requires a zero-trust architecture premised on a granular network segmentation model with micro-perimeters enacted around sensitive data.