Would you rather run a network where everyone trusts everything, or one where nothing moves without being continuously verified? Most would agree that the most secure is ideal. The real question is: how do you get there, and by what means? And where is "there"? That’s the spectrum of Zero Trust maturity most organizations find themselves navigating—from implicit trust and flat networks to real-time validation and least-privilege access that adjusts as environments change.

Current AI is underpowered and misused, but the danger lies in releasing ‘dumb’ but fast bots before creative attackers or smart defences arrive.