A Deloitte poll conducted in July 2020 found that 37.4% of professionals at organizations adopting zero trust say COVID-19 has sped-up their organizations’ zero trust adoption efforts and an additional 35.2% say the pandemic is not slowing down their plans to adopt.

1. Zero Trust cybersecurity:
Never trust, always verify
Deloitte poll results from July 2020

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Methodology
Respondents from organizations that have
already or plan to adopt Zero Trust were
polled online during a Deloitte webcast
titled, “Zero Trust cybersecurity: Never trust,
always verify” on July 30, 2020. Answer rates
differed by question.
In some instances, immaterial amounts (e.g., +/-0.1%) have
been added to or removed from the “Don’t know/not
applicable” answer responses to bring results to 100% total
for each question.

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Votes received 597
Has COVID-19 disruption changed the speed with which your organization is
adopting Zero Trust?
18.4%
35.2%
37.4%
Yes, speed
increased
No change
Yes, speed
decreased
Don’t know / not applicable = 9.0%

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Votes received 1,036
Which has posed the greatest challenge to your organization’s adoption of Zero
Trust?
12.7%
12.8%
28.1%
28.3%
Lack of appropriately skilled
professionals
Lack of needed budget
Inability to discern how to get
started
Inability to differentiate between
technologies/vendors in the market
Don’t know / not applicable = 18.1%

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Who is responsible for leading Zero Trust efforts for your organization?
Votes received 1,183
Don’t know / not applicable = 6.2%
28.3% 28.0%
19.9%
17.6%
Chief Information
Officer
Chief Information
Security Officer
Chief Technology
Officer
Other executives/
leadership

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Votes received 1,176
Which of the following cyber risks are most likely to drive your organization’s
adoption of Zero Trust?
Bring-your-own-device
risk management, 13.2%
Cloud risk
management, 20.9%
Third-party risk
management,
24.8%
Workforce risk management (e.g.,
remote workforce, insider threats),
35.7%
Don't know/not
applicable, 5.4%

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