[Part 2 of 2 – Based on an interview with Zscaler CSO Deepen Desai] By Holger Schulze, Cybersecurity Insiders “Zero Trust isn’t a feature,” Deepen Desai told me during our RSA Conference interview. “It’s an architectural decision to stop trusting the network. You’re either enforcing that by design—or you’re pretending.” In Part 1 of this

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Zero Trust is presented as a superior security architecture compared to VPNs, focusing on minimizing the attack surface by eliminating network presence. VPNs expose applications, whereas Zero Trust employs principles like identity verification and least-privilege access to keep applications invisible. Zscaler advocates a four-stage adoption strategy for Zero Trust implementation, emphasizing attack containment over traditional breach prevention.

The End of VPNs — Part 2: Beyond the Buzz of Zero Trust