Please check out Part one of this series of articles
This question is, of course, more of a rhetorical question, but there is a point about this one. Of course almost all companies have more than one segment. Most companies use VLANs extensively. We break out DMZs and internal data center LANs of course. Sometimes we use firewall interfaces between those VLANs or segments and treat them as zones.
The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), a non commercial organisation for creating a more innovative government published a paper on Zero Trust
I would recommend this paper for anybody remotely thinking about Zero Trust, be it because you start thinking about introducing it or because it is just one of those trends that you want to catch up on.
There is a huge amount of truth and knowledge in this document and it is not having any marketing in it. I read it and thought this is sound advice for anyone that looks to improve their security posture with the ultimate, long term Zero Trust goal in mind.
What you measure is what you get
If you are like me and live and breath IT or IT security, the above statement probably does not ring a bell and you don’t realize the source of this. It is from a person called Robert. S. Kaplan who developed something you may have heard of, the balanced scorecard.
I will not dig into economics, because we are not in business school, but the essence of the scorecard is that you need metrics on which you can measure success or failure to be successful or be able to reach your objectives.
This list is work in progress, if you have suggestions on what to add, please add a comment below or drop me a mail or note.
Zero Trust is not exactly a new idea, but a name for a architecture that takes least privilege as the first design principle and assumes nothing can be trusted. I am not sure who established the category at this moment, but it seems Google and Forrester Research have both been working on this. John Kindervag (@kindervag) originally published the model in 2010. That paper is still valid 9 years after the first publication and it shows great foresight and vision. Kudos to that.
