Zero trust 2026: The modern reality checklist
Is your security strategy built for the threat landscape of 2026 and beyond?
The definition of a secure perimeter has fundamentally changed. In a world of hybrid environments, AI agents, and exploding machine identities, "trust but verify" is no longer sufficient. You need to move to a mindset of "never trust, always verify."
We created the Zero trust 2026 checklist to help you go beyond the basics. This essential guide helps you bridge the gap between intent and implementation and separate bold claims from real capabilities.
Inside this checklist, you’ll learn how to:
- Assess whether you truly have visibility into every identity: Employees, partners, service accounts, APIs, bots, and AI agents
- Identify gaps in identity-centric controls that weaken zero trust enforcement
- Evaluate whether least privilege is continuously enforced or slowly eroding over time
- Understand if your organization is monitoring and measuring risk in a way that stands up to audits and executive scrutiny
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Why SailPoint?
The core of enterprise security is identity
SailPoint equips the modern enterprise to seamlessly manage and secure access to applications and data through the lens of identity — at speed and scale. As a leading provider of identity security for the modern enterprise, we continuously reinvent identity security as the foundation of the secure enterprise.
