Cybersecurity today exists in a space where attackers move faster than policies, AI‑driven threats can spin up entire architectures in minutes, and where nation‑states are quietly harvesting encrypted data for the day quantum breaks it open. The dangerous thing a business can do right now is assume “everything is fine.” Dr. Chase Cunningham, also known as Dr. Zero Trust, reminds us that trust is a human emotion, and one that has no place in digital systems. Every implicit assumption inside your cloud, your APIs, your east‑west traffic is a potential breach that in some ways is already in progress. Zero Trust isn’t a product, and it isn’t optional.
