In today’s dynamic threat environment, traditional security perimeters are proving to be increasingly vulnerable.

Ray Fernandez, writing for TechRepublic Premium, presents an in-depth exploration of zero trust security that offers professionals a clear path to strengthening their security posture and compliance by providing a deep understanding of the concepts and principles, delving into its operational mechanisms, from concepts to practical applications and technologies.

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HOW DOES ZERO TRUST WORK?

Traditional network security relies on a castle-and-moat approach where everything inside the digital architectures, protected by a network security perimeter, is trusted. Zero trust flips this concept on its head.

This means those entering an organization’s digital structure, are authenticated, verified and given the exact time and privileges on a user per user case. Any device, user or program trying to access assets and resources of an organization is not only checked once but continuously authenticated and authorized.

Additionally, under this concept, certain features like least privilege access — where users are only given the minimum access level required to do their job — are used to reduce the damage an attacker can do if they gain access to an account.

Network security in zero trust models is micro-segmented — divided into smaller segments to limit the blast radius of a potential breach.

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