Zero Trust voices to follow
Are you sometimes lost or even wrong? Navigate your Zero Trust Journey effectively.
Zero Trust is one of the most widely talked about cybersecurity trends today. The world of cybersecurity has come to the conclusion that the traditional security models are insufficient and a Zero Trust approach, which operates on the principle of 'never trust, always verify' is a reliable and robust way to conquer the current threats. CSA's mission is to create research, training,professional credentialing and provide an online center for additional curatedZero Trust resources. These tools will enable enterprises to understand and implementZero Trust principles into business planning, enterprise architectures andtechnology deployments. With the release of the Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT),based on CSA’s Zero Trust Training (ZTT), CSA delivers the firstauthoritative, vendor-neutral Zero Trust training and certificate that providesthe knowledge needed to understand the core concepts of Zero Trust. Furtherdetails on ZeroTrust Advancement Center | CSA (cloudsecurityalliance.org)
ZT is a strategy to design to prevent data breaches* and stop data exfiltration.
Based on a formulated ZT strategy, ZT is then also considered to be a conceptual way on a tactical level. It is of importance to understand, that tactical measures are not a part of a strategy. Strategy and primarily so called Grand Strategy is the ultimate goal of an organization to achieve and shall remain the same, the Tactics on the other hand shall be defined based on Architectures and Technologies and are considered to be dynamic, will change and get better over time. Strategy, Tactics and Operations need to work together accordingly to execute Zero Trust successfully.
ZT is based on exactly nine things to do and should therefore not be overcomplicated.
Note:*Data breaches are defined in context of a data exfiltration, not as a successful attacker infiltration.
Misconceptions about ZT
- ZT is not a product
- ZT is not an identity
- ZT does not mean making the system trusted
View further details on ZT Misconceptions
Insights on "Zero" Trust
The Godfather of Zero Trust, Mr. John Kindervag, said on several encounters:
"Trust is a human emotion" - Link: Zero-Trust-Dictionary-EN.pdf (on2it.net)"People are not packets" - Link: 240411_John_Kindervag_Win_The_Cyberwar_With_Zero_Trust.pdf(sig-switzerland.ch)
Are you sometimes lost or even wrong? Navigate your Zero Trust Journey effectively.
Zero Trust is one of the most widely talked about cybersecurity trends today. The world of cybersecurity has come to the conclusion that the traditional security models are insufficient. ZT is a strategy to design to prevent data breaches and stop data exfiltration.
CSA Swiss Chapter is about to start a Market Survey soon!
How to pass CCZT successfully?
Interview with Lars Ruddigkeit
"Zee" and "Ooh" find themselves distracted with new problems of their forest and finally also unable to cover all topics of their communities at a big meeting. Hopefully they will find a good strategy to move forward.

Microsegmentation in Zero Trust Part One: Introduction and Planning

The DoD Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (CS RA) documents the Department’s approach to cybersecurity and is being updated to become data centric and infuse ZT principles. ZT supports the 2018 DoD Cyber Strategy, the 2019 DoD Digital Modernization Strategy, the 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, and the DoD Chief Information Officer’s (CIO) vision for creating “a more secure, coordinated, seamless, transparent, and costeffective architecture that transforms data into actionable information and ensures dependable mission execution in the face of a persistent cyber threat.” 2 ZT should be used to re-prioritize and integrate existing DoD capabilities and resources, while maintaining availability and minimizing temporal delays in authentication mechanisms, to address the DoD CIO’s vision
This Zero Trust strategy, the first of its kind for the Department, provides the necessary guidance for advancing Zero Trust concept development; gap analysis, requirements development, implementation, execution decision-making, and ultimately procurement and deployment of required ZT capabilities and activities which will have meaningful and measurable cybersecurity impacts upon adversaries. Importantly, this document serves only as a strategy, not a solution architecture. Zero Trust Solution Architectures can and should be designed and guided by the details found within this document.

As cybersecurity professionals defend increasingly dispersed and complex enterprise networks from sophisticated cyber threats, embracing a Zero Trust security model and the mindset necessary to deploy and operate a system engineered according to Zero Trust principles can better position them to secure sensitive data, systems, and services.

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This publication has been developed by NIST in accordance with its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014, 44 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq., Public Law (P.L.) 113-283. NIST is responsible for developing information security standards and guidelines, including minimum requirements for federal information systems, but such standards and guidelines shall not apply to national security systems without the express approval of appropriate federal officials exercising policy authority over such systems. This guideline is consistent with the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130.

This publication provides guidance for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) transitioning to a Zero Trust architecture

Zero trust provides a collection of concepts and ideas designed to minimize uncertainty in enforcing accurate, least privilege per-request access decisions in information systems and services in the face of a network viewed as compromised. The goal is to prevent unauthorized access to data and services and make access control enforcement as granular as possible. Zero trust presents a shift from a location-centric model to a more data-centric approach for fine-grained security controls between users, systems, data and assets that change over time; for these reasons. This provides the visibility needed to support the development, implementation, enforcement, and evolution of security policies. More fundamentally, zero trust may require a change in an organization’s philosophy and culture around cybersecurity.