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For the world’s largest financial institutions, places like Citi and National Australia Bank, shipping code fast is just part of the job. But at that scale, speed is nothing without a rock-solid security foundation. It’s the non-negotiable starting point for every release. Most Harness users believe they are fully covered by our fine-grained Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Open Policy Agent (OPA).

Cybersecurity in 2026 is paradoxical. Organizations are spending more on security than ever—Gartner projects global cybersecurity investment to surpass $215 billion this year, a 14% increase over 2025 (Gartner Security Spending Forecast 2026). Yet, data breaches remain relentless. The culprit isn’t always cutting-edge malware or state-sponsored APTs. More often than not, it’s the oldest weakness in the book: unauthorized access.

VPN-for-everything is like handing out master keys at the front desk. Cisco’s ZTNA swaps that for per-app access that feels faster for users and safer for you. C1 designs it for your real world (quirky apps included) and runs it so it stays reliable, predictable, and boring—in the best way.

Cybersecurity leaders across the public sector are facing a moment of reckoning. Whether at the Department of Defense, a federal agency, or a public university, IT teams are under pressure to defend sprawling infrastructure, detect fast-moving threats, and prove compliance across multiple frameworks—all with fewer resources and tighter timelines. This challenge has accelerated interest in Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), a paradigm shift in how we think about security.

The Zero Trust model has fundamentally shifted how organizations secure their applications and infrastructure. Instead of assuming anything inside your network is safe, the Zero Trust security model requires continuous verification of every identity, every device, and every access request across the entire trust model, forcing users and devices to prove that they can access what they are trying to access.

In today’s threat landscape, cyber incidents unfold in seconds, not days. Federal agencies and critical infrastructure operators no longer have the luxury of slow detection or manual triage. As Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) becomes the new security standard, one principle stands above all: time is risk. The faster an organization can detect, diagnose, and respond to anomalous activity, the greater its resilience. ScienceLogic plays a critical role in making that speed possible.

Zero Trust is more than a buzzword in today’s cybersecurity playbook, it’s a strategic imperative. Federal agencies, defense operations, and civilian infrastructure providers are all under mounting pressure to deploy Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) frameworks that are not only compliant but truly effective. But there’s a problem: Zero Trust can only succeed if it’s built on real-time, actionable insight. That means eliminating blind spots.