Zero Trust Access Decisions
Security
Overview
Zero trust evaluates identity, device posture, resource and context rather than trusting network location alone. Decisions should be least privilege and reassessed as risk changes. Being on the internal VLAN does not automatically authorize a protected application.
Protocol stages
- 1Identity
- 2Device posture
- 3Resource policy
- 4Context risk
- 5Decision
Interactive exercise
Knowledge check
User is authenticated on the corporate LAN, but the device fails required posture for finance data. Policy decision?
Educational model — not real hardware, traffic or official certification.