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A security architect is designing a Zero Trust network. Which principle most directly implements the Zero Trust control plane's decision-making?

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Which principle most directly implements the Zero Trust control plane’s decision-making?

ATrust all internal traffic
BEvaluate identity and context per request
CRequire VPN first
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Zero Trust replaces implicit network trust with continuous, adaptive evaluation of every access request.

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