Operationalizing The Zero Trust Framework

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The Zero Trust Framework is a radical shift to network security. It is not a solution to be purchased off the shelf but a mindset on how organizations should approach securing their IT infrastructures (On-Premises and Cloud) against devasting data breaches caused by external and internal adversaries.

There needs to be clarity around the Zero Trust framework, especially within the cybersecurity vendor’s space. When asked by five different vendors, you’ll surely get five different meanings of the Zero Trust framework! Added to the seeming confusion around the Zero Trust framework is the model to be adopted. The framework has two categories, i.e., those championed by the
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). While CISA is responsible for the civilian side of things, DISA, on the other hand, is solely responsible for implementing the military side of things.

Implementing the Zero Trust framework should ensure your organization does not end up in the media for the wrong reasons (data breaches).

With the DISA’s ZT version successfully implemented, organizations can expect the following benefits frictionlessly.

Continuously verify users and the devices they use.

Make access to data, endpoints, applications, and privileges conditional.

Continuously verify data and applications explicitly.

Practical Implementation

Browser Isolation

The practical Implementation of the Zero Trust framework should begin from where users spend most of their time, i.e., the BROWSER. The browser interfaces the internal and external (Internet) networks. Current security solutions for the browser are based on the antiquated detect-and-response approach, where everything is TRUSTED at first. Fusing in ISOLATION technology captures Internet access in the TRUST but VERIFY mantra of the Zero Trust Initiative. DISA achieved isolation across 3,500,000 (THREE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED) users of the DoDiN network via the Cloud-Based Internet Isolation (CBII).

Micro-Segmentation

Micro-segmentation, in practical terms, means having a firewall around EVERY asset (IT, IoT, and OT) across On-Premises and Cloud IT infrastructures. When implemented correctly, micro-segmentation closes all privileged ports and protocols, making lateral movement impossible for threat actors. The genuine usage of privileged protocols, such as RDP, SSH, WinRM, etc, goes through a Just-In-Time (JIT)MFA process, effectively applying MFA to every asset (legacy inclusive) across On-Premises and Cloud IT infrastructure.

Active Directory & Azure AD Security

Active Directory is the application that glues together most enterprise networks; as the defacto identity stores, almost every operation across the IT infrastructures revolves around it. Over 80% of reported data breaches and ransomware attacks have leveraged AD-based vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in the last few years. Therefore, having a comprehensive security platform that covers the three main stages of AD is expedient. The three stages of attacks on AD are before the attack, during the attack, and after the attack.

Comprehensive Monitoring & Auto-Response Of Security Events

Events generated across the IT infrastructures (On-Premises and Cloud) encompass logs and flows of all types. Hence, monitoring logs alone while leaving out flows (NetFlow, IPFIX, jFlow, sFlow, etc) proves that comprehensive monitoring is lacking, which shows a classic case of having a false sense of security. Logs are reactive and do not provide for real-time or predictive analysis of security events; hence, it is expedient for any logging platform (SIEM) to have the capacity to ingest logs from ALL core or edge network devices such as Firewalls, routers, and switches across On-Premises and Cloud infrastructures.

Comprehensive Asset Visibility & inventory

No one can secure assets that they have no visibility into. It is super expedient for organizations to have visibility into ALL IP-enabled devices (IT, IoT, OT) assets on their network. Visibility should extend to IT and device parameters of IP and MAC addresses, device models, serial numbers, open ports, peer-to-peer statistics, flow analysis, inherent exploitable vulnerabilities, etc.

Technologies Mapping Of Zero Trust Pillars

  • Users

    Continuously verify data and applications explicitly.

  • Devices

    Continuously verify data and applications explicitly.

  • Network

    Micro-Segmentation, NAC, PHYSICAL LAYER 1 RDM & NDR

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