Introduction to Zero Trust Course

What exactly is zero trust?

2 hours, 20 minutes

Course description

Explore zero trust, including how current traditional security architectures developed, zero trust's roots, core principles and tenets.

Syllabus

Principles of zero trust

Video - 00:29:00

Introducing the core principles underpinning zero trust, which are crucial to keep in mind for every security practitioner considering building a zero trust architecture.
How did we arrive at zero trust?

Video - 00:32:00

We discuss the history of "traditional" security architectures and how they compare to zero trust architecture.
Defining zero trust

Video - 01:11:00

With all the buzz in the security industry around zero trust, it can be hard to discern what zero trust is conceptually. Let's start there.
Zero trust overview

Video - 00:03:00

A simple overview of what you will learn in Course 1.
Zero trust course 1 assessment

Assessment - 10 questions

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