Zero Trust Briefing
Details
Most organizations approaching Zero Trust are in one of two places. They have invested in tooling and do not have a strategy to go with it. Or they have read the frameworks and it looks like a program they cannot resource. Both need the same thing: a defined next step.
This briefing covers Zero Trust from a practical point of view. We start with what Zero Trust actually is, separate it from what often gets mislabeled as Zero Trust and build from there. The core of the session is the protect surface model: defining what matters most, applying the five-step process to it and repeating. One protect surface at a time is how Zero Trust programs actually get built.
WWT practices the five-step process originated with John Kindervag and is documented publicly in the NSTAC report to the President. This session is vendor-neutral. No product is presented, and no product is required to act on what you take away from it.
WWT brings strategy before technology. Executive engagement, governance and resource prioritization sit above the methodology, not as an afterthought. The tools work. The programs that fail around them do so for strategy reasons, not technology ones. That is what we address.
Topics covered
- What Zero Trust is and what commonly gets mislabeled as Zero Trust
- How to define a protect surface and apply the five-step process to it
- Why Zero Trust programs stall and the strategy layer that keeps them moving
- How to assess maturity across protect surfaces and use it to sequence work
- Where to go from here, whether you are building from scratch or continuing from where you are
Our team of experts will collaborate with your organization to identify actionable next steps, whether through workshops, assessments or consulting engagements.
What is a briefing?
A briefing is a scheduled event with a WWT subject matter expert, typically in person or live via video conferencing, who will present an overview of topics, technologies, capabilities or market trends. Attendees have the opportunity to ask questions specific to their organization. Briefings are delivered at no cost.
Who should attend?
CISOs, senior IT leaders, enterprise architects, security practitioners and program leads. Most useful if your organization has already started and needs clearer direction, or has not started and is trying to figure out where to begin.