As Cyber Insurance is getting harder to obtain and premiums keep increasing it is more important than ever to understand the market.
An Executive Guide to Zero Trust
October 11th, 2022
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Zero Trust
Zero trust thought leadership group members: Geeta Kapoor (MSC Direct), Noah Davis (Trane Technologies), Leon Ravenna (KAR Global), Barney Baldwin (ex-MUFG, Columbia), Chase Cunningham (Ericom), Eve Maler (ForgeRock), Sean Frazier (Okta).
Drivers, Objectives, and Strategic Considerations
Zero Trust (ZT) defines security principles for the digital world. An approach predicated on hardening the corporate network—the concept driving cybersecurity investment for the past 50 years—doesn’t work in an environment where mobility, cloud, and extensive connections between suppliers and customers render the concept of “perimeter” obsolete. CISOs are, or soon will be, organizing strategy around key intellectual property (IP) assets such as data and the identity processes that grant access to and across core IT/ZT pillars, including devices, network, infrastructure, and applications.
Click to read An Executive Guide to Zero Trust: Drivers, Objectives, and Strategic Considerations
Readers interested in specific executive-level perspectives on zero trust may wish to explore the other publications in this series:
- Defining Zero Trust
- Zero Trust Sponsorship and Commitment
- Zero Trust Interest and Investment Drivers
- Zero Trust Business Objectives
- Key ZT Technologies and Management Imperatives
- The Zero Trust Rollout Notebook
- The Path to Zero Trust
- Zero Trust Metrics
- The Executive Guide to Zero Trust: Drivers, Objectives, and Strategic Considerations (capstone report)
- The Executive Guide to Zero Trust: Drivers, Objectives, and Strategic Considerations (ebook consolidating all reports)
- Stratascale Zero Trust Metrics in Context and Action tool (Stratascale ZT-MICA) (downloadable tool – no cost, registration required)
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