With businesses grappling with the 'productivity lag' of legacy security, the current approach to employee protection is only continuing to create dangerous friction that compromises operations. Only a strategic pivot to Zero Trust architecture can enable organisations to secure modern hybrid workplaces and make security invisible but uncompromising.
Today's boardrooms need to shift their security approach. Too many organisations are continuing to operate on the outdated model of 'trust but verify.' This is creating massive barriers for employees simply trying to do their jobs.
Espria argues that legacy security architectures are fundamentally broken for today's distributed workforce. Traditional VPN-based approaches create bottlenecks, degrade user experience, and ironically increase risk by encouraging workarounds.
The shift to Zero Trust is not merely a technology upgrade but a complete rethinking of how organisations approach security. By verifying every user, device, and connection continuously, enterprises can maintain robust protection without impeding productivity.
Brian Sibley emphasises that the C-suite must take ownership of this transformation, ensuring that security investments are aligned with business outcomes rather than simply adding more layers of complexity that slow teams down.
