{"id":20244,"date":"2026-02-03T10:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/office-it.be\/what-is-zero-trust-and-why-are-more-and-more-companies-choosing-it\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:57:22","slug":"what-is-zero-trust-and-why-are-more-and-more-companies-choosing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/what-is-zero-trust-and-why-are-more-and-more-companies-choosing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Zero Trust and why are more and more companies choosing it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20244\" class=\"elementor elementor-20244 elementor-20237\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2532048 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2532048\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3de4d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d3de4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d549c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34d549c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Zero Trust and why are more and more companies choosing it?\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcaf856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcaf856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"OIT-StandaardTekst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/what-do-we-do\/cloud-hosting\/\">cloud application<\/a>s. Company data is spread across different applications and platforms.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"OIT-StandaardTekst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Yet <a href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/what-do-we-do\/it-security\/\">security <\/a>in many organisations is still built around one fixed network.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"OIT-StandaardTekst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Once someone has access to that network, they often automatically gain access to more systems than necessary. This model increasingly conflicts with today\u2019s reality.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95803e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95803e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d20774 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4d20774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Do you want to know whether Zero Trust is relevant for your organisation? Please contact our security team<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9030ac6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9030ac6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01030a elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e01030a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">3\/2\/2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed680c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ed680c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a1b59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11a1b59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278443c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"278443c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3e22d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a3e22d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Zero Trust exactly?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-425a5c8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"425a5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bb3f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bb3f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"OIT-StandaardTekst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Zero Trust starts from a simple principle:<b> there is no automatic trust.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"OIT-StandaardTekst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Every access to applications and data is verified. Not once, but continuously. During this process, several factors are taken into account:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>who the user is<\/li><li>where they are working from<\/li><li>which device are they using<\/li><li>what they are trying to do<\/li><\/ul><p>For employees, the way they work does not change, while every access is better protected in the background.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb8d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bb8d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why this is relevant for every company<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db3d1d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1db3d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5701c29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5701c29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p><p>Today, many organisations are faced with:<\/p><ul><li>more remote working<\/li><li>increasing use of <a href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/what-do-we-do\/cloud-hosting\/\">cloud applications<\/a><\/li><li>a rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/what-is-phishing\/\">phishing <\/a>and data breaches<\/li><li>stricter regulations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/nis2-what-is-it-and-how-can-office-it-help-you\/\">NIS-2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Zero Trust is an approach that grows with your organisation and allows you to combine security with ease of use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0dc69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c0dc69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zero Trust is not an all-or-nothing story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0b64b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6a0b64b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5668c29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5668c29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<br\/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c990d elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"12c990d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Do you want to know whether Zero Trust is relevant for your organisation? We'd be happy to explain it to you in plain terms and work with you to figure out what makes sense. Contact us for a no-obligation consultation.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2c93c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b2c93c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-813a9e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"813a9e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c883a0f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c883a0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-822d4f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"822d4f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a8f5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36a8f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do you have questions about your IT environment?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3565583 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3565583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Are you reading something that&#8217;s relevant to your organization? Or would you like to know what a particular development means for your IT environment?<\/p><p>We&#8217;d be happy to work with you to explore the opportunities and areas of focus for your business.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5026557 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5026557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/office-it.be\/en\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ask us your question<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee78c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ee78c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-741a54d elementor-absolute elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"741a54d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b069fbd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b069fbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1f2a5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1f2a5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5fa904 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"f5fa904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba47de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ba47de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-798beb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"798beb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is crystal clear to us that we have an excellent partner. 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