Zero Trust Security Networking framework focuses on reducing risk by baselining, logging, monitoring and alerting on activity across the network.
The Cloud Security Alliance published a new set of security frameworks. Hence, that can help organizations to evaluate the security of their networks and applications.
The CSA’s effort
In recent years, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) published a number of security frameworks. Further, to help organizations assess their security postures. The CSA’s effort is part of an overall industry-wide effort to make sure that the cloud is secure. So that customers can trust the cloud with their most important information and data.
The CSA has published a new set of security frameworks, namely Zero Trust Networking and Zero Trust Access. While these frameworks have been expected for some time, they have now been published and are available for free.
The Zero Trust Networking framework focuses on reducing risk by baselining, logging, monitoring and alerting on activity across the network. This framework is probably the easiest one to implement. Because it focuses on network-centric controls that can be used to protect data in transit or at rest. The framework also includes a section on monitoring, which is an important part of any good operational security program.
The Zero Trust Access framework
The Zero Trust Access framework is more complex because it involves implementing access controls based on risk assessments. It’s not surprising that this framework requires more detailed planning; after all, access controls must be done properly or else they will provide inadequate protection for your most important data and applications, which could lead to breaches.
The framework also involves integrating third-party access management systems with identity and access management technology from companies such as Okta (formerly Telligent Systems), OneLogin, Ping Identity and others.
Some vendors might criticize the CSA for publishing these frameworks because they might see this action as competitive to their own offerings; after all, who wants their competitors to publish a detailed analysis of their products? In my view, this criticism is short-sighted because all vendors should want customers to have the best possible protection for their data and applications. If these frameworks help customers achieve better protection for their data then everyone wins!
Benefits of Zero Trust Security Network
Zero trust network is a security architecture that builds on the concept that all users, computers, and devices are untrusted. It builds upon several concepts from the past few years, including micro-segmentation and “defense in depth”. The main concept is that any user or device can gain access to your network without any authentication (or with extremely weak authentication). In other words, there is no trust relationship between the user/device and your network (or the resources on it). To prevent this from happening, administrators need to enforce tight access control policies. This means that any communication between a user/device and a resource must be authorized.
In previous years we have had very little visibility into what is happening on our networks. We have relied on firewalls and rules to protect our networks, but rules are expensive to maintain and it can be difficult to understand where they are needed. Also, firewalls only provide protection at the network layer – they do not protect data in transit or data at rest.
Zero Trust access aims to solve these problems by baselining all activity across your network, logging all activity across your network, monitoring all activity across your network, and alerting when something is not as expected. With this information, you can see if there are gaps in your security posture. You can also track down what happens if an employee does something suspicious that violates your security policy. You can identify where the problem was introduced and neutralize it before it becomes a bigger problem.