Top 8 Reasons why you should move to a Zero Trust Model for Information Security

Introduction

The notion made in legacy cybersecurity models that threats to your business can only be external is now considered redundant. Older security models were used to keep the company network safe from external attacks with firewalls, proxy servers, and intrusion detection systems. But perimeter security of this kind turned out to be of little help when it came to security risks that are internal. Forget about a hacker or a corporate spy inside the workplace, even employees can access applications and sensitive data, even if unintentionally, and place them at risk. Cybersecurity threats can emerge from anywhere- outside the network or inside, they can even start in one location and then move to another.

Zero Trust security model

This is where Zero Trust security model plays a vital role in offering the highest protection for business data by consistently monitoring every attempted access. In theory, adopting a Zero Trust strategy makes business sense, with its ‘ Never trust. Always verify’ strategy that helps you clamp down on application as well as services-related vulnerabilities, thus reducing the pressure and friction for the rest of the organization.

Zero Trust enables a secure and seamless environment for collaboration and information sharing over Teams and SharePoint. It seeks explicit verification and authenticates accounts and credentials based on the availability of every data source. Zero Trust restricts real-time accessibility of users with JIT/JEA (Just In Time / Just Enough Access), information assurance, and hazard-based versatile approaches.

Zero Trust offers a multitude of advantages for the entire organization, and we have outlined some of the top business benefits of moving to a Zero Trust model:

Conclusion

With the highly competitive scenario and breakneck speed of technological innovation, modern businesses strive to function at a rapid pace. The flexibility and agility required to keep moving forward continually while avoiding roadblocks is a much-coveted business objective. Zero Trust helps you to move closer to that objective because it operates in the background seamlessly. Security moves along with the workload rather than at the security perimeter which means any disallowed communication is isolated and disruptions to dexterity and speed are either averted or controlled. With zero trust segmentation, security is not restricted by the static network paradigms that slow it down.

We hope you found this blog useful in understanding the major reasons why you should move to a Zero-Trust model for your Information Security. Please reach out to us so that we can put our decades of experience and expertise in Security services and Microsoft technologies to help you in your organization’s Digital Transformation journey.