How to Evaluate Your Security Stack (Part 2): Zero Trust Access

Most organizations spend years building Zero Trust. They secure the path to applications — and then stop.

VPNs connect users to the network. VDI provisions a virtual desktop. But what happens inside the session? Who can see what. What gets downloaded or exported. Whether a contractor on a personal device has the same permissions as a full-time employee on a managed laptop.

That's the gap most access architectures don't close. And it's the gap attackers have learned to use. The 2026 Verizon DBIR found that VPN and edge-device exploitation rose 8x in a single year — from 3% to 22% of initial-access cases.

Your next VPN renewal isn't going to fix that. Neither is a more expensive VDI seat.

Here's what you'll walk away with:

✅ Why most Zero Trust deployments govern access to apps — and leave the session itself ungoverned

✅ The 5 questions every Zero Trust vendor should answer (most can't)

✅ Methods to give contractors and BYOD users secure access

✅ What a clean HIPAA or PCI-DSS audit trail actually looks like

We'll help you evaluate what zero trust access means in your organization,

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