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What is BeyondCorp and zero trust?

BeyondCorp is Google's zero trust implementation — employees work without VPN from any location; access is based on device health + identity, not network location.
BeyondCorp proved zero trust works at scale. The key insight: "network location is not a reliable indicator of trustworthiness." Identity and device posture replace the network perimeter.
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