The Zero Trust concept is born from the necessity to adapt cybersecurity to meet the technology trends that organizations are experiencing worldwide. These trends include a growing remote$-$user base, bring your own device $($BYOD$),$ and the reliance on cloud environments.

Cybersecurity has adapted to these trends by moving away from traditional perimeter$-$focused, static defenses to a more dynamic strategy centered around users, assets, and resources.

For this discussion, use the knowledge you have gained about the Zero Trust concept and reflect on the following questions:

How does having robust IAM help with establishing and maintaining Zero Trust?

Can the Zero Trust concept be extended to on$-$premises assets as well, or is it better suited to Cloud environments? Explain.

It is becoming more common to use passwordless authentication over the traditional secure means of authentication. What impact does passwordless authentication have on the effectiveness of Zero Trust?