What is Zero Trust and why are more and more companies choosing it?
Most companies no longer work the same way they did ten years ago. Employees work from home or on the go and make intensive use of cloud applications. Company data is spread across different applications and platforms.
Yet security in many organisations is still built around one fixed network.
Once someone has access to that network, they often automatically gain access to more systems than necessary. This model increasingly conflicts with today’s reality.
- 3/2/2026
What is Zero Trust exactly?
Zero Trust starts from a simple principle: there is no automatic trust.
Every access to applications and data is verified. Not once, but continuously. During this process, several factors are taken into account:
- who the user is
- where they are working from
- which device are they using
- what they are trying to do
For employees, the way they work does not change, while every access is better protected in the background.
Why this is relevant for every company
Zero Trust is not a solution only for large enterprises. Any company that works with cloud applications, external access or sensitive data benefits from this approach.
Today, many organisations are faced with:
- more remote working
- increasing use of cloud applications
- a rise in phishing and data breaches
- stricter regulations such as NIS-2
Zero Trust is an approach that grows with your organisation and allows you to combine security with ease of use.
Zero Trust is not an all-or-nothing story
You do not need to change everything at once. A Zero Trust approach is introduced step by step, aligned with how your organisation works. This way, you build a more secure IT environment without disrupting daily operations.
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