We have entered a new world that is increasingly dynamic and interconnected. We call it a hyper-connected world, and these connections present us with serious security challenges.
WHAT IS THE BLOG ABOUT?
- BUSINESS STRATEGY, CYBER RESILIENCE
- 4 CRITERIA OF ZERO TRUST
- IMPLEMENTING THE CONCEPT
Today, organizations need a new approach to risk mitigation – one that can increase resilience rather than hinder operations. A security model based on zero trust offers a perfect way to secure access, and experience shows that companies focused on innovation are ready to adopt it.
To begin the transition to the Zero Trust concept, closer technological cooperation between IT teams, business operations and units involved in business and logistics processes is required. Syswind is ready to support businesses on their path to security.
The strength of the secure architecture we offer lies in our ability to connect devices, applications, networks, data centers in such a way that when applying Zero Trust access policies, connections are judged based on real environmental risk. Moreover, assessments and analytics all happen in the background to ensure seamless access.
WE BUILD SECURITY INTO YOUR BUSINESS STRATEGY AND PROCESSES USING ELEMENTS OF CYBER RESILIENCE
Organizations can embed the Zero Trust concept into their IT environment with simple cybersecurity solutions, establishing a foundation for trusted connections between users, devices, applications, networks, and clouds.
How we do it:
1. WE ARE NOT FRUSTRATING USERS, BUT ATTACKERS
We integrate cybersecurity in a way that is barely noticeable to users. We combine the highest level of security with a seamless user experience, eliminating the trade-off between security and productivity that typically hinders Zero Trust adoption.
2. WE CREATE GLOBAL POLICIES
With unified policy lifecycle management, we create a connected platform across users, networks, devices, applications, and clouds, meaning connections can be made based on the same policies, always and everywhere.
3. INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTS
With Zero Trust architecture, we unify security visibility across IT ecosystems and on-premises infrastructure, enabling you to manage security threats based on the risks across all environments.
4. WE IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM THAT RESPONDS IMMEDIATELY TO CHANGES IN RISK
We continuously monitor the entire IT environment to be able to detect abnormal behaviors between users, application loads and the network. This greatly helps us to intervene with immediate steps and automation against threats to our system. Wherever the connection that is connected to our system is, it should be managed based on the same protection policy, without exception.
5. WE ARE ACCELERATING RESPONSES TO THREATS
When threats arise, it is not only important that all connections within the entire organization can be managed along the same guidelines. It is also essential that the risk is assessed on a real, environmental basis and that the existing problem can be remedied as quickly as possible, through automated and coordinated workflows of IT teams.
6. WE SIMPLIFY SECURITY MANAGEMENT
We provide centralized visibility and simple management and control with integrated and open solutions that flexibly and scalablely support existing and future IT systems.
Syswind can help you develop the Zero Trust concept by implementing four important criteria:
- Establish trust-based relationships between users, devices, and applications, defined by full visibility and global policies.
- Enforce trust-based access based on the principle of least privilege (PoLP) within the entire system.
- Track changes in risk based on continuous reliability monitoring – even after initial access is granted.
- Develop the ability to react immediately to changes in trust by investigating potential incidents and organizing responses to them.
ZERO TRUST SECURITY IN MULTI-ENVIRONMENT IT SYSTEMS
Using too many island solutions at once limits the ability to achieve Zero Trust and actually increases friction and complexity for both users and IT administrators. Cloud-only approaches also fail to address critical applications that reside on-premises or in private networks. The truth is, Zero Trust cannot be achieved with a single product, but a sea of island solutions cannot provide complete peace of mind over security.
For organizations struggling to mitigate risk, we shorten the path to achieving Zero Trust, whether it’s securing hybrid work, protecting cloud environments, increasing device visibility, improving the access experience, or preparing for an audit.
We show our customers a concept that combines continuous security evolution and a seamless user experience with capabilities such as identity-based access, unified network access control, micro-segmentation, or behavioral monitoring. By connecting users, devices, networks, clouds, applications and data, we implement global security policies that are operational and significantly easier to manage across multi-environment IT infrastructure.
WHAT ELEMENTS DO WE INCLUDE TO IMPLEMENT THE ZERO TRUST CONCEPT?
Trust is achieved through comprehensive protection, centrally managing user and device security, network and cloud security, and application and data security.
Realizing trust:
- User / Device / Service Identity
- Device Health & Context
- Risk-Based Authentication
Enforcing trust-based access:
- Micro-segmentation
- Unified Access Control
- Least Privilege & Unambiguous Trust
Continuous monitoring of trust:
- Re-evaluating Trust
- Indicators of Compromise
- Behavioral Monitoring & Vulnerability Management
Responding to changes in trust:
- Priority incident response
- Capability for coordinated remediation
- Integrated & open workflows
SUMMARY
Building Zero Trust is not an easy task, but it can be easily implemented in almost every business enterprise, step by step. Its role and importance are undeniable, so it is worth taking the first steps as soon as possible. Syswind can provide you with the help you need to get started within the framework of consulting.
