2022 Predictions #6 - And We'll Call It Zero Trust
Most security professionals have had the principle of least privilege grilled into them from the very beginning of their careers. Giving users the minimum level of access needed to perform their job functions is for the most part an uncontested best practice. Unfortunately, best practices don’t directly translate into wide adoption, and least to their full extent. Over the past few years, or decades really, we’ve seen the ease in which attackers can move laterally and elevate their level of access while exploiting organizations that haven’t followed basic security principles.