Secure communication: Why Zero Trust comes first

This report summarizes research and analysis showing that many communications channels—notably a large portion of geostationary satellite links—are transmitted without link-level encryption, exposing corporate, maritime, and government/military traffic; it highlights parallel enterprise risks from cloud misconfigurations, messaging metadata, and unsanctioned AI use, and recommends extending Zero Trust to include continuous verification, encryption, metadata protection, vendor audits, and automated monitoring to secure data in transit.