By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International and one of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Experts

In Zero Trust cybersecurity protocols there is no implicit trust of identity or privilege – inside or outside the network perimeter, and every person, device, application and transaction must be continuously verified.

Zero Trust is a framework that is adaptive and it has to be in today’s digital ecosystem. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing are no longer merely enablers but core disruptors. They broaden attack surfaces, but also offer significant defenses, and call for a rethinking of Zero Trust systems.