Hi All,
NSA just published Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Visibility and Analytics Pillar
Executive summary
In the ever-expanding landscape of cybersecurity, threats manifest in various forms and often infiltrate systems discreetly. The constant risk of intrusion underscores the critical importance of swift detection and mitigation.
This cybersecurity information sheet (CSI) centers on the visibility and analytics aspect of the Zero Trust (ZT) model, emphasizing the significance of comprehensively observing data characteristics and events within an enterprise-wide environment. Prioritizing cyber-related data analysis aids in informing policy decisions, facilitating response actions, and constructing a risk profile to proactively fortify security measures.
Visibility and analytics form the cornerstone of any ZT strategy, empowering organizations to harness infrastructure, tools, data, and techniques for proactively mitigating risks and for rapid identification, detection, and response to emerging cyber threats. Evolving from traditional signature-based approaches, detection (visibility and analytics) and response capabilities are increasingly adopting behavior-based methodologies to combat the sophistication of modern cyber threats. This pillar highlights the benefits of continuous monitoring and provides insights essential for identifying and mitigating potential security risks to assure that only authorized users and devices access sensitive resources.
This CSI offers recommendations for advancing visibility and analytics within the ZT framework. It explains how these capabilities seamlessly integrate into a comprehensive ZT framework as detailed in the NSA publication, Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model. [1] National Security System (NSS), Department of Defense (DoD), and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) stakeholders can leverage this guidance in conjunction with complementary resources to enhance visibility and analytics through the implementation of outlined capabilities.
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Michael Roza CPA, CISA, CIA, CC, MBA, Exec MBA, CSA Research Fe
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