Device Identity Is Still the Missing Half of Zero Trust

Zero Trust changed how organizations think about user identity. We added MFA, SSO, conditional access, and stronger authentication—but the device on the other end is often still taken at face value.

That’s the missing half of Zero Trust.

MFA can verify who is requesting access. Conditional access can check posture. MDM can tell you a device is managed. But none of those necessarily provide cryptographic proof of the device making the request.

In this webinar, we'll explore why verifying the user is only half the Zero Trust model—and what changes when you can establish and enforce the identity of the device, too.

We'll cover:

• Why user identity and device posture aren't the same as device identity
• How stolen credentials become more dangerous when they can be used from an unverified device
• How hardware attestation provides cryptographic proof of device identity
• How hardware-bound credentials prevent device identity from being copied or exported
• How to carry device trust into access decisions across Wi-Fi, SSH, internal apps, and other sensitive resources

We'll also walk through a live demo showing how Smallstep turns device trust from something you assume into an identity you can cryptographically verify and enforce.

Join us Tuesday, October 27 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET for a practical look at completing the missing half of Zero Trust with device identity.