Key Strategic Criteria
The solution is, instead, to focus on building applications that are secure by design, with zero-trust security baked-in rather than bolted-on. This is one of the three key strategic criteria we see for forward-looking enterprises that are accelerating the security of their applications.
- Make applications secure by design – zero-trust is now the recommended security model.
- Embrace tools that enable agility and efficiency and eliminate complexity.
- Embrace open source for future-proofing, maximum visibility and to avoid proprietary lock-in.
Integrating security and the WAN is the next wave in network architecture. That means embedding zero-trust and access management capabilities in applications.
Zero-trust, to continue with the sporting event analogy, requires ticket checks before fans reach the stadium; it determines if they are authentic fans and therefore whether they can enter, where they can go once they’re inside the venue and which events they can watch. Zero-trust uses context as well as identity to authenticate users, and it enables policies that permit access only within a certain time window, a particular network segment or to a specific application. It removes the element of implicit trust that is so easily exploited, whether deliberately by bad actors or accidentally by careless users.
Zero-Trust Network Security
Zero Trust Networks: Building Secure Systems in Untrusted Networks
