IDC Spotlight: Adapting Security Strategy to Enterprise Business Requirements

This IDC Spotlight details both the security and business benefits of adopting a Zero Trust cybersecurity architecture. Zero Trust initiatives eliminate the implicit trust of users and applications once they’re inside the corporate network that is inherent in traditional security models. As IDC explains, Zero Trust improves security by providing more granular policy enforcement, better east-west traffic protection, continuous monitoring, and a reduction in attack surfaces. On the business side, it can improve compliance, speed business model transformation, and help to more quickly modernize network infrastructure. The report also includes detailed analysis of Akamai’s portfolio of Zero Trust products