Zero Trust and AI: a symbiotic 7 relationship for end-to-end security Chapter 2 Zero Trust and AI: A symbiotic relationship for end-to-end security AI is changing what security needs to protect and how it operates AI and Zero Trust work together in a What is powerful, symbiotic relationship. AI thrives Zero Trust? within the secure environment that Zero Trust creates, while Zero Trust evolves to meet the Zero Trust is a modern security approach challenges that AI introduces. Each enhances that aligns to business risk and real the other, helping to ensure that your security world attacks, continuously adapts, and framework is both adaptive and resilient. pragmatically prioritizes investments. This Zero Trust transformation from a classic Zero Trust has been defined by NIST network-centric approach to an asset- and and The Open Group. Microsoft data-centric approach is recommended for defines Zero Trust using business effective security in today’s age of cloud enablement and three security services, mobile devices, and now AI. General principles, summarized at infrastructure like network configurations, the top of the next page. firewalls, and access controls form the foundation, but these are not sufficient on their own. Just as cars require specific safety measures, digital assets need data classification, data encryption, adaptive access management, and other asset-centric security measures to stay safe.