The pandemic changed the way people work, and many companies have been fast to adapt to this shift in work culture by encouraging and promoting remote and hybrid work. Zero Trust Network Access or ZTNA is gaining popularity as a secure alternative to corporate VPN-based access to the internal application and network services.
Data no longer resides behind the four walls of the traditional enterprise perimeter—it’s everywhere, and can be accessed from seemingly anywhere, thanks to the rapid embrace of cloud by enterprises and the acceleration of hybrid work, or work-from-anywhere, behind the global pandemic.
Despite years of industry efforts to combat insider threats, malicious behavior can still sometimes be difficult to identify. As organizations work towards building a corporate cyber security culture, many have begun looking into zero-trust architectures to cover as many attack surfaces as possible. This action is a step in the right direction, but it also has the potential to raise fears and generate negative responses from employees.
Zero trust is everyone’s favourite topic at the moment. But underneath its appealing phrasing lies a significant amount of market confusion over exactly what it is. Allow me to bust some myths.
In early April, the tech industry witnessed a major GitHub security incident targeting GitHub organizations using Heroku and Travis CI. GitHub was made aware of this threat via an attack leveraging AWS API keys to GitHub’s own npm production infrastructure. As upstream security risks within SaaS platforms become more common, organizations that leverage these platforms are relying on tools like Nightfall to protect themselves.
Ready to secure government applications? Start with Zero Trust. Trust is the foundation of successful relationships. We want to trust our friends, companies, government, etc., and be trusted in return. But, sometimes mistrust better serves us. A few years ago, the cyber world adopted an approach to security known as trust-but-verify. A simplistic approach, it delivered innovative digital services to consumers – securely and efficiently.
