Rather than create a framework from scratch, security leaders can choose from the several publicly available methodologies to benefit their own infosec programs.
One of the more high-profile examples of available frameworks is the zero-trust security model.
This model differs from other security framework approaches from both a methodology and benefits perspective.
As its name implies, zero-trust security treats all users, devices and resources as untrustworthy - regardless of who or what they are or where they connect to the corporate network from.
This is in stark contrast to more traditional security frameworks, many of which create security control boundaries where those on the outside are trusted less than those on the inside.
Many organizations already dismantled the traditional secure network perimeter security philosophy as they began migrating apps, data and services to the cloud and edge compute locations.
It is easy to see why the change from boundary-based security to resource-based security was necessary.
Because the zero-trust framework is a holistic approach, it has a wide range of security benefits.
Resources, such as SIEM; security orchestration, automation and response; and network detection and response, use a combination of log and event analysis and AI to identify when security issues occur and then provide insights into how to remediate them.
This gives security operations center administrators the ability to rapidly detect and respond to cybersecurity threats.
When users think of IT security, the first thing that often comes to mind is the difficulty in keeping track of the various passwords they need to access the applications and data necessary to perform their job duties.
Placing zero-trust security tool services closer to local and remote workers helps improve overall application performance.
Shifting these tools to edge compute points of presence helps lessen the overall network latency that these types of security services add.
Traditional security models used a siloed approach to threat prevention.
This meant that each security tool was individually configured and operated independently from one another.
This often left parts of the infrastructure more vulnerable when security tools were misplaced on the network or were misconfigured.
Not only does the deployment and management of security policy become far more streamlined from an administrator perspective, but the potential for security holes or gaps in some parts of the infrastructure becomes far less likely as well.
Prior to zero-trust architectures, moving applications and data from private data centers to a cloud environment, or vice versa, forced security administrators to manually recreate security policies at the new location.
This not only became a time-consuming process, but mistakes were often made that led to security vulnerabilities.
Zero trust helps in this regard because app and data security policies can be centrally managed and automation tools can be used to migrate these security and microsegmentation policies where they are required.
This Cyber News was published on www.techtarget.com. Publication date: Thu, 30 May 2024 19:43:06 +0000