With a zero trust security model, you never assume trust—you always verify it. Here, access

management plays a crucial role by enabling essential elements of zero trust:

• Establish trust for users and devices requesting access to your applications or network.

• Enforce trust-based access so access is granted explicitly, based on the need-to-know principle of least privilege.

• Continuously verify trust even after initial access is granted (because change is inevitable).

• Respond to changes in trust by denying access, prompting the user to remediate, or by granting additional access once trust has been rebuilt.