Build Zero Trust
Workshop
With the increasing complexity of organizations’ environments (remote workers, cloud adoption, remote sites with its own local infrastructure, etc.), the traditional perimeter-based security model has proved to be insufficient. Zero Trust focuses specifically on resource protection and the premise that trust is never granted implicitly but must be continually evaluated.
Getting Started
The question isn't whether you should or shouldn't implement Zero Trust - it's how do you get started building a plan, especially if your IT environment is complex and your budget is a little tight? ePlus has the answer, our Zero Trust Maturity Workshop.
There are many trends behind the need for Zero Trust.
The most prominent are:
- The distributed nature of applications: on-premises, cloud, and SaaS
- Geographically-distributed hybrid workforces
- The increasing number of non-user devices on networks
- Increasing regulatory requirements
- Growing threat of cyberattacks from sophisticated adversaries
- Increasing risk of loss from data exfiltration
Zero Trust Principles
Never trust, always verify
Provide least privilege access
Assume everything is compromised
Continuous assessment (re-verify)
Zero Trust Benefits
Protects against internal and external threats
Increases visibility into all user access
Limits the possibility of data exfiltration
Ensures data privacy
Protects against internal and external threats
Increases visibility into all user access
Limits the possibility of data exfiltration
Ensures data privacy
Secures cloud adoption
Prevents unfettered movement between resources
Helps qualify for cyber insurance and minimize premiums
Fosters compliance with industry regulations
Secures cloud adoption
Prevents unfettered movement between resources
Helps qualify for cyber insurance and minimize premiums
Fosters compliance with industry regulations
Zero Trust Maturity Workshop is a high-level gap analysis of their current environment and security controls in conjunction with the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model across the Foundation of Zero Trust pillars.
Workshop Overview
- Review of Customer strategic roadmap initiatives and timelines
- Review of customer architectures and use of existing security tools
- Technology/environment discovery
- Identity and access management
- Device, network, and application
- Governance (identity and data)
- Visibility and analytics
- Automation and orchestration
The output of the Zero Trust Workshop is a Zero Trust Maturity Scorecard deliverable customized and created by ePlus for the Customer that includes current security controls and a maturity rating in each Zero Trust pillar at the functional level within each Zero Trust pillar that includes recommendations.
Conclusion
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to implementing Zero Trust. Each organization will approach it differently, depending on the make-up of their IT environment and their business requirements. But with a proven methodology — one that makes use of the security investments you have made, supplementing or replacing those investments with new technology only where necessary, you can implement Zero Trust, even in the most complex environment.
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