Zero Trust Environments

Zero Trust Environments – Never Trust – Always Verify

A zero trust environment is a security model that distrusts all users, regardless of whether they are inside or outside of the network perimeter. In a zero trust environment, every user must be authenticated and authorized before being granted access to any resources.

Zero trust environments are based on the principle of “never trust, always verify.” This means that no one device is automatically trusted, and all access must be verified before it is granted. This approach to security helps to protect networks, applications, and infrastructure from potential threats.

Implementing a zero trust environment can help improve security for critical cyber assets. By requiring authentication and authorization for all devices, zero trust environments make it more difficult for unauthorized users to gain access to sensitive data. This can help to prevent data breaches and other security incidents.

What is a zero trust environment?

A zero trust environment distrusts all users, regardless of whether they are inside or outside of the network perimeter. In a zero trust environment, every user or device must be authenticated and authorized before being granted access to any resources.

Zero trust environments are based on the principle of “never trust, always verify.” This means that no one is automatically trusted, and all access must be verified before it is granted. This approach to security helps to protect networks, applications, and infrastructure from potential threats.

What are the benefits of a zero trust environment?

Implementing a zero trust environment can be a challenge, but the benefits make it an attractive option for many organizations.

There are several benefits of implementing a zero trust environment:

Improved security for critical assets
Reduced risk of data breaches
Improved compliance with security regulations
Reduced costs associated with managing security incidents

What are the challenges of a zero trust environment?

There are several challenges that must be considered when implementing a zero trust environment:

Zero trust environments can add friction as devices must go through additional authentication and authorization steps in order to access resources.
Managing access: zero trust environments can be complex to manage, as each user must be explicitly authorized to access specific resources.

What are the challenges of a zero trust environment?

Implementation of a Zero Trust Framework

Implementation of Zero Trust initiatives are rapidly expanding as a valuable methodology to help organizations ensure security for their critical cyber assets. Zero Trust models are based on the principle of “never trust, always verify,” restricting access to networks, applications, and infrastructure unless explicit validation is confirmed. A Zero Trust framework trusts no one at each step of access continuously, without sacrificing user experience or system performance.

Typically this model has been applied to traditional IT infrastructure such as networks, applications, servers, and the like. Increasingly cyber security experts are recognizing that an organization’s IoT infrastructure – cameras, office equipment, medical devices, building controls, etc. – are vulnerable to cyber exploitation and in need of a Zero Trust framework applied as well.

Viakoo enables organizations to apply a Zero Trust model to all their IoT devices, thereby ensuring they are continuously secure and protected from cyber threats.

Below are some common questions about Zero Trust and how it might be applied to IoT device infrastructure and management. Follow the path below to explore the answers and see how Viakoo is addressing these challenges.

IoT Zero Trust Achieved with the Viakoo Action Platform

The Viakoo Action Platform extends your Zero Trust initiative to all IoT devices, managing firmware updates to ensure the latest fixes are deployed, certificate provisioning and management, and secure password enforcement. With Viakoo you can gain confidence your IoT devices have the highest level of cyber security.

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