What is Zero Trust Security? Breaking Down a Zero Trust Architecture
As cloud-based enterprises and remote workers continue to grow in popularity, the need to implement zero-trust security models has never been more relevant. But what is zero trust security? In short, zero trust security is a model founded on the assumption that no user or device can be trusted and must be verified — including…
Palo Alto Announces Zero-Trust Security Solution for OT
The usage and connectivity of operational technology (OT) is rapidly growing as are the number of cyberattacks on OT environments. These attacks can disrupt operations, causing damage that can reach far beyond revenue and reputation to supply chain, human safety and critical infrastructure. To help companies keep their OT environments secure, Palo Alto Networks today…
BrandPost: Connectivity and Cloud: A Chance for Zero Trust
While Zero Trust is a term that is often misunderstood as well as misused, it is an approach that has real value in helping to reduce systematic cyber risk and improve resiliency. Organizations of all sizes understand that they require a resilient cybersecurity strategy that can support and enable the business even during a crisis,…
Companies urged to patch critical vulnerability in Fortinet FortiNAC
Proof-of-concept exploit code is now available for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet FortiNAC appliances and attackers have already started using it in the wild. Users are advised to patch their systems as soon as possible. FortiNAC is a zero-trust network access solution that can be deployed both as a hardware device or as a virtual…
Remote.it takes steps toward zero trust with ‘single line of code’ provisioning
Network management company Remote.it today announced new features for its core SaaS-based service, including support for the Okta user identification platform and Docker containers, and what it’s describing as “programmatic deployment” of zero trust networks. Essentially, the company said, the idea is to provide automated provisioning and deployment of network access to managed assetts —…
Moving your Microsoft environment to zero trust
Zero trust is a concept that’s easy to grasp but incredibly difficult to implement. It touches almost every system, component, application, and resource within an enterprise, and requires a strategic framework and specific tools and technologies to achieve best practice results. As organizations move Microsoft environments towards zero trust, it’s vital to ensure that all…
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 5 Actionable Tips
Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which was previously known as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, is in its 19th year. Launched under the guidance of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), it aims to help Americans stay safe and secure online. This year’s campaign theme – See Yourself in Cyber –…
Organizations Finding the Need for New Approaches on the Cybersecurity Front, CompTIA research reveals
Fortifying cybersecurity defenses remains a work in progress for many organizations, who acknowledge their shortcomings but have yet to commit the necessary resources to the effort, new research from CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, reveals. “Risk mitigation is the key, the filter through which everything should be viewed.”…
Cyber Insurance Coverage Checklist: 5 Security Items
As ransomware and BEC cyberattacks continue to increase, organizations are acquiring cyber insurance in record numbers to reduce cyber risk. According to Zurich, 83% of organizations have cyber insurance, the highest percentage in over a decade. However, there is some debate around the clarity of cyber insurance policy requirements and what security tools CISOs and…
How to Apply a Zero Trust Security Model to ICS
A zero trust strategy establishes rules and good practices to improve the security and resiliency of your IT infrastructure, but what can it do for operational technologies (OT)? It turns out, quite a bit – but there are limits. Last fall, my colleague Greg Young wrote a blog post IoT and Zero Trust are Incompatible?…
