Zero Trust articles by Quimirr Heyward — practical breakdowns of what Zero Trust means for identity teams, access decisions, and modern security architecture.
IAM
What Is It? Identity and Access Management (IAM) is the set of policies, processes, and technologies that control who can access what within an organization — and under what conditions. At its core, IAM is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of digital identities: creation, authentication, authorization, governance, and deprovisioning. For
Zero Trust
What Is It? Zero Trust is a security model built on the principle of never trust, always verify. Originally coined by analyst John Kindervag in 2010, Zero Trust rejects the assumption that anything inside a corporate network should be trusted by default. Every access request — regardless of origin — must be
IAM
What Is It? Authentication and authorization are two of the most foundational concepts in identity security — and two of the most commonly confused. They sound similar. They work together. But they answer completely different questions. Authentication asks: Who are you? It's the process of verifying that a user