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Never Trust Your Filers: Embracing Zero Trust in a Global File System
CTERA White Paper Never Trust Your Filers: Embracing Zero Trust in a Global File Systemwww.ctera.com info@ctera.com USA: (917) 768-7193 Intl.: +972-3-679-9000 ©2021 CTERA Networks Ltd., All Rights Reserved 2 Zero-Trust White Paper Never Trust, Always Verify: Adapting Enterprise Data Security to Remote Work Models Enterprises traditionally based their network security on a “castle-and-moat” concept. The castle is the corporate network, and the moat has a single drawbridge that is heavily guarded (firewall, VPN, etc.). Any traffic passing the security point is considered an “insider” and can access any file or application within the network. Unfortunately, this traditional trust model doesn’t hold up well for today’s distributed enterprise. Over the past decade enterpri