5. Heath Mullins, Forrester

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Cybersecurity providers have been busy this year. More organizations have adopted zero trust security, including zero trust network access (ZTNA), with the continuing onslaught of cyberattacks against companies of all sizes.

Heath Mullins is a senior analyst with Forrester. He made waves when he said zero-trust security adoption has increased this year.

“The U.S. federal market is rapidly adopting zero trust principles, strategies and architecture,” Mullins said. “This adoption has primarily been driven by executive orders and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memos. Highly regulated industries (infrastructure, energy, financials and medical) are taking a closer look as they may have to follow suit in the next three-to-five years.”

He added: “It seems that every security vendor has a zero-trust story. And they are not shy about sharing it. This is both a blessing and a curse. Zero trust is an all-encompassing architecture. So I don’t consider vendor alignment with zero trust principles to be a bad thing. It does, however, create confusion for the client.”

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