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Zero-trust security: Assume that everyone and everything on the internet is out to get you – and maybe already has

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
imageFor cybersecurity, your best bet is to assume that the enemy has already slipped inside.clu/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order, signed May 12, 2021, calls for the federal government to adopt a “zero-trust architecture.”

This raises a couple of questions. What is zero-trust...

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