Walk a vendor request for production data
Apply zero-trust thinking to a routine but risky vendor support request.
Routine request, real risk The issue is affecting customers, leadership wants speed, and the vendor has helped in past incidents. That mix of legitimacy and urgency is exactly where bad data-sharing habits form. Zero trust in ordinary work Verify explicitly. Minimize the data. Scope the access. A vendor relationship can be real and the current request can still be broader than necessary. Weak reflex They helped before, so send the export. You support the vendor without normalizing raw production sharing. Zero trust is not distrust of people. It is distrust of unnecessary exposure. Verification Fork 1 What is the first…
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