Pillars of Zero Trust Architecture
The major pillars of Zero Trust Architecture are as follows, however, it is not exhaustive.
- User and Device Security: The first pillar focuses on securing remote access to resources such as the user and devices by implementing measures such as MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) etc.
- Network Security: The second pillar ensures the protection of all network resources on-prem and in the cloud by network segmentation, by identifying who is on the network and accessible endpoints monitoring.
- Application and Data Security: The third pillar safeguards application environments against unauthorized access, regardless of where they’re hosted. It aims to understand the posture of applications, their compliance practices and have complete visibility of application data.
- Automation and Orchestration: The Automation aspect of the fourth pillar streamlines routine tasks execution to keep in check security practices implementation whereas Orchestration aspect integrates various security processes into a cohesive and coordinated framework, ensuring a synchronized response to potential threats.
Zero Trust Architecture in Security
In this Era of Cyber security, no user or devices outside or inside the organization network should be automatically trusted, regardless of their location or level of access, this new Information security concept is known as zero trust security.
The primary goal of Cybersecurity is “Never Trust, Always Verify”. In the security view, the Zero Trust concept eliminates implicit trust and integrates trust measures for every user, device, and application within the IT ecosystem.
The fundamental objective of Zero Trust Architecture is to continually verify the trust of users and devices seamlessly each time they access a resource connected to a hybrid corporate network.