The document discusses zero touch provisioning (ZTP) which allows automated and secure activation of network edge devices without human intervention. It outlines the need for ZTP due to increasing complexity from technologies like NFV/SDN and growth of IoT/5G devices. ZTP provides benefits like reducing costs and speeding time to revenue by minimizing manual on-site configurations. However, automation also increases security risks so the document proposes a model using mutual authentication between devices and servers, as well as authorization through unique device IDs, to securely provision edge devices in a zero touch manner.