4 Takeaways After Reading “Zero Trust Maturity Model”

Canming Jiang
Nov 2 · 1 min read

Microsoft recently released a white paper on zero trust: “Zero Trust Maturity Model”.

The following are my 4 takeaways after reading it:

1 Don’t assume everything behind firewall is safe, but assume breach.

2 Every request from outside and inside the controlled network should be authenticated and authorized.

3 All communication even inside the controlled network should be encrypted end to end.

4 Apply micro-segmentation and least privileged access principles to prevent lateral movement.

Let me know what you think. Happy to discuss.

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