# Zero Trust **Entity class:** Cybersecurity architecture ## Definition **Zero Trust** is a cybersecurity architecture that removes implicit trust based solely on network location and continuously evaluates identity, device, application, data, and policy context before granting access. It is an architecture and operating model, not one product. ## Relationships - **DoD infrastructure:** [[wiki/Department of Defense Information Network|DoDIN]] and [[wiki/Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability|JWCC]]. - **supports:** [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]] by protecting distributed access and data movement. - **related controls:** [[wiki/Role-Based Access Control|RBAC]], identity, segmentation, telemetry, and continuous authorization. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "The most trustworthy Super Intelligence system will not be the one with the model we trust most. It will be the one that enables us to trust the model the least." > **— Satya Nadella**, *Models as Insider Risks in the Super Intelligence Era, October 10, 2026* [[reminders/AI Control/The Most Trustworthy AI System Trusts the Model Least by Satya Nadella|The Most Trustworthy AI System Trusts the Model Least by Satya Nadella]] ## Sources / Provenance - [DoD CIO — Zero Trust Strategy](https://dodcio.defense.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Library/DoD-ZTStrategy.pdf)