Optiv has released a study based on a recent poll of cybersecurity leaders that emphasizes the essential need of embracing Zero Trust as an effective method of reducing cyber risk

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The poll was performed in partnership with Palo Alto Networks and Information Security Media Group and ran from June to October 2021. (ISMG). Respondents named Zero Trust one of the most successful security measures, and 100 percent said it was critical in lowering their organization's cybersecurity risks.

Zero Trust is an information security approach founded on the notion of maintaining rigorous access controls by not trusting anybody or any activity by default, including those already within the network perimeter. All transaction gets assessed according to need and risks. In other words, presume breach and trust no one by assuming that every entity — user or device — is a possible danger. Never trust, always verify in a networked world entire with dangerous actors.

"The need for and importance of implementing a Zero Trust strategy remains top of mind for cybersecurity leaders," says Jerry Chapman, engineering fellow at Optiv and co-author of the book "Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide." "Optiv's adaptive, holistic approach provides clients with integrated real-time solutions that provide the type of cyber resiliency needed to identify, manage and respond to today's internal and external threats."

Optiv is assisting customers in adopting a Zero Trust strategy through a variety of gap analysis, best practice deployment, and roadmap planning services as more businesses have, or intend to, employ the knowledge of external consulting partners to aid in their Zero Trust journey. They got designed to assist cybersecurity executives and organizations in implementing their Zero Trust program by meeting customers and developing prioritized roadmaps and execution strategies based on their requirements.