{"id":9614,"date":"2024-10-22T16:19:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T21:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carahsoft.com\/wordpress\/?p=9614"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:58:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:58:43","slug":"illumio-securing-systems-through-segmentation-and-zero-trust-blog-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carahsoft.com\/wordpress\/illumio-securing-systems-through-segmentation-and-zero-trust-blog-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing Systems Through Segmentation and Zero Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zero Trust is a cybersecurity strategy that recognizes trust as a vulnerability that may potentially allow malicious actors to exploit system environments. Traditionally, systems operated by granting permissions, visibility and trust to a user once they gain access. Rather than minimize trust and opportunity for breaches, Zero Trust eliminates trusted packets, systems and users altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implementing Zero Trust\u2019s Fundamental Design Concepts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While breaches are inevitable, agencies can equip themselves with a Zero Trust framework to prevent successful cyber-attacks. Zero Trust encompasses identity, access permissions and micro segmentation, per the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) architecture. All three enforcement points are required to complete the Zero Trust model. While security products are a component of Government agency\u2019s implementation of Zero Trust, it is a strategy that requires proper planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To successfully implement Zero Trust, agencies must understand its fundamental design concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n