A Zero Trust Strategy Addresses Workloads And Applications

March 15th, 2024

With contributors:

Amy DeMartine , Carlos Rivera , Tope Olufon , Heath Mullins , Danielle Chittem , Peter Harrison

According to Forrester’s Security Survey, 2023, 73% of global security decision-makers report that their Zero Trust strategy addresses workloads and applications. Not only do organizations see application security as critical to a Zero Trust strategy; the US government requires federal agencies to have an application and workload security program. Security leaders must enhance their Zero Trust strategies by reviewing their application and workload security plans to discover areas to strengthen and incorporate industry best practices, such as secure-by-design principles. This is a snapshot of Forrester’s data on security organizations’ plans for and progress toward a Zero Trust implementation.

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