2021 Security Mainstream
Cybersecurity Mesh
What Gartner Predicted
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A distributed architectural approach to scalable, flexible, and reliable cybersecurity control. Security would move from centralized perimeters to distributed identity-based controls.
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Prediction Accuracy
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'Distributed architectural approach to cybersecurity' is vague. Zero trust, which is what actually happened, was already well-known before 2021. The 'mesh' metaphor implies interoperable security tools, which remains aspirational for most organizations.