The 0.1.2: September Edition: Zero Trust in Practice
Welcome to the September edition of The 0.1.2, Numberline’s Zero Trust in Practice newsletter. Believe it or not, it really is September. We hope you had an enjoyable summer, while still making progress on your Zero Trust initiative. If you haven’t, it’s not too late. In fact, this is an opportune time to review your 2025 goals and plans, and perform a quick assessment of your progress. There’s still enough runway left in the year to get started—and to make substantial progress—before we dive into 2026. Not sure how to get started? Take a look at our structured and reliable Zero Trust Blueprint designed for rapid execution and results.
And, as always, our minds are on food! Even though school is back in session (and the grocery stores are already featuring their Halloween candy displays), it’s still summertime in our hearts. Take advantage of seasonable produce, and try some grilled corn on the cob. It’s one of our summertime faves!
News
- Numberline officially welcomes Jerry Chapman as CTO and co-founder.
- Numberline CEO Jason Garbis shares some thoughts on CISA’s new microsegmentation guidance in this brief video commentary.
- Our robotic field CISO, Ray, offers his perspective on the Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability.
- Identity Management is a big part of Zero Trust, and we’ve captured this in our NextGen Identity offering.
Opinion: 2026 Budget Cycles: Thoughtful Planning or Unnecessary Constraint?
By Jason Garbis, Numberline Security Founder and CEO
Assisted by Scully the Terrier, who insists on being the designated household food-taster. This is solely for our own protection, right?
As we exit Summer and transition to Autumn, several of our enterprise clients are already in the midst of 2026 budget planning, and are working to include their Zero Trust initiatives. This is clearly a positive sign, and a reflection of the importance and scope of these initiatives. But…in some ways, can this be an impediment to progress? Is this longer-term planning cycle at odds with the sense of urgency, and the need to rapidly progress and deliver results?
That is, how can enterprises reconcile the (absolutely necessary) long-term planning and budgeting cycles, with their need to “get going”, and avoid what could be months of delays?
The first step is to acknowledge that our business operates on this longer cycle, but only for certain aspects; our teams and systems of course “do” things on a daily or even hourly basis. In fact, many of the processes supported by our daily activities should be affected by our decision to adopt a Zero Trust strategy, And, to note that adopting a strategy doesn’t require a budget.
The takeaway here is that any enterprise can begin exploring Zero Trust and working through their organizational readiness, vision creation, and program definition without waiting for budget allocation — these are all internal activities that (admittedly) take time, but do not require additional spending.
The good news is that you don’t need to figure this out on your own: The team here at Numberline has created a reliable and structured approach — the Zero Trust Blueprint — through which enterprises can quickly make progress with their initiatives, including the deployment of initial Zero Trust access policies, without requiring any new spending.
So, please do include Zero Trust initiatives in your 2026 budget planning, but don’t wait to get started. The stakes are too high not to adopt our industry’s best practices, as defined by Zero Trust.
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