Many businesses still adhere to the ancient ‘castle and moat’ approach of securing their digital business and workforce. It’s high time to bring security architecture into the modern age, and zero trust is designed to enable that. The trend toward a more distributed, mobile way of working has been supercharged by the global pandemic. Employees are seeking new approaches that optimize their work-life balance while giving businesses the flexibility required for agile workflows. The benefit of the zero-trust approach lies in the fact that it strikes a perfect balance between security and usability.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/08/11/zero-trust-work/