Zero Trust

What is zero trust?

As organizations leverage cloud services and mobility, attack surfaces grow in tandem with overall security risks. A new approach is needed to better protect workloads outside of an organization's traditional controls. Zero trust is a security framework that implements the principal of "least privilege" by dynamically verifying identity and assessing the risk of each transaction. By implementing zero trust across all networks -- including public and private clouds -- it allows security teams to gain back control and improve visibility.

Consulting Services

What is Zero Trust?

Learn what is zero trust, about the benefits and how to implement a zero trust security architecture.

Article

Feb 23, 2023

6 min read

TIC 3.0

Zscaler Zero Trust Lab

Zscaler is responsible for securing more than 400 of the Forbes Global 2000 companies. They provide security as a service delivered through a purpose-built, globally distributed platform. The focus of this lab is zero trust access utilizing a solution known as Zscaler Private Access (ZPA). ZPA is a cloud service that provides seamless, zero trust access to private applications running on public cloud or within the data center. With ZPA, applications don't need to be exposed to the internet, making them completely invisible to unauthorized users. This service enables the applications to connect to users via inside-out connectivity versus extending the network to them. It disrupts legacy approaches to remote access such as traditional VPN, establishing per-service dynamic encryption and trust evaluation.

Lab

Foundation Lab

Consulting Services

Identity as a Building Block for Zero Trust

Effective identity and access management is a necessary foundation for Zero Trust Architecture. Understand the identity measures needed to support this security model.

Article

May 20, 2020

6 min read

OT Security

Security Priorities for 2023

A roadmap for securing the business and powering performance.

WWT Research

Feb 7, 2023

Cyber Resilience

Protecting business. Powering performance.

A holistic approach to security transformation

Article

Apr 11, 2022

5 min read

How do I get started?

Many organizations are unsure of how to approach implementing a zero trust security model. Our team of experts can help every step of the way -- from understanding key concepts to selecting the right technology -- no matter the starting point. Explore below how our phased approach to adopting zero trust allows organizations to establish a global strategy and technical roadmap.

Evaluate

The first step is solidifying a zero trust strategy and assessing the risks and maturity of your current approach. Our team can help your organization lay the foundation for a successful adoption through our briefings, assessments, workshops and consulting offerings.

Okta

Zero Trust Briefing

Increased visibility, reducing the attack surface, and rationalizing zero trust theory with technical implementation--these are just a few of the outcomes that a successful zero trust program should provide. Securing the enterprise, both on-premise and in the cloud, is a challenge in today's landscape.

Briefing

May 18, 2020

2 min read

Check Point NGFWs

Enterprise Segmentation Workshop

Workshop

Sep 5, 2019

1 min read

Consulting Services

Is Your Cybersecurity Ready for Threats Today and Tomorrow?

WWT hosted an ideation workshop at our Washington, D.C. Innovation Center to help federal clients with their current cybersecurity practices and guide them towards a model reference architecture.

Article

Jul 8, 2019

3 min read

Design

Next, it's important to determine what's needed to support your organization's zero trust strategy. Our technical design experts can help identify the scope, key technologies and investments needed for a solution. A strategic roadmap will identify the key activities and stakeholders required for a successful journey.

Cisco Duo

Cisco Zero Trust: A Holistic Approach

Zero Trust is a visionary end state of enterprise segmentation. Many solutions exist that can set you on the path to achieving this long-term objective. This article provides a brief refresher of what Zero Trust is and how Cisco uniquely tackles it in almost any environment.

Article

Oct 20, 2019

8 min read

Consulting Services

Identity as a Building Block for Zero Trust

Effective identity and access management is a necessary foundation for Zero Trust Architecture. Understand the identity measures needed to support this security model.

Article

May 20, 2020

6 min read

Zero Trust

Compare Zero Trust Solutions

Page

Jul 9, 2020

1 min read

Nutanix

WWT's ATC Is More Than Blinky Lights

Get a glimpse into the HCI technology housed in the Advanced Technology Center and why you should use the labs for testing.

Article

Jan 5, 2017

4 min read

Implement

Solution implementation is the next step in order. Companies often struggle to implement enterprise segmentation and zero trust because of the amount of complexity, the limitless number of technical variables present in brownfield environments, and a lack of staffing and resources. Our experts can help simplify this complexity by developing a plan that allows for more agile workflows, leading to shorter implementations.

Cisco ACI

Why Enterprise Segmentation Is Not Just Part of a Sound Security Strategy

Enterprise segmentation is a complex, multi-discipline approach that cannot yet be achieved with a single solution.

Article

May 8, 2019

3 min read

Supply Chain and Integration Services

Simplified IT deployments that accelerate time to market, predict workflows and reduce costs.

ATC Lab Services

Cut your proof of concept time from months to weeks, if not days, by leveraging the ATC's testing and automation infrastructure.

Strategic Resourcing

Matching the best talent to your needs. Delivering the right support at the right time to drive outcomes.

Operate

After implementing your zero trust plan and architecture, it's crucial to continue optimizing. Our experts can help operationalize, automate, monitor and manage your investment. A properly designed zero trust architecture must include key lifecycle elements -- from automation to run books -- that ensure operational efficiencies.

Consulting Services

Optimize Your Organization's Cybersecurity Program With Automation

Automation can be a powerful tool for cybersecurity analysts, from helping them improve the time it takes to mitigate threats to focusing on the threats that really matter.

Article

Jul 5, 2016

3 min read

Consulting Services

How Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) Evolves IT Security

Organizations are struggling to keep pace with the growing number of security alerts that require manual analysis within modern SIEMs. SOAR tools alleviate the issue by presenting a digital framework to security professionals for building workflows that automate the analysis and response of security threats at scale.

Article

Aug 6, 2019

6 min read

TEC37

TEC37 E23: Optimize Cyber Tools to Reclaim Time, Resources and Money

The rising concern of cyber breaches within the enterprise has organizations grappling to figure out, just how secure are we? Having purchased numerous security solutions, it is critical for an organization to understand if and how these solutions are adequately protecting the infrastructure and securing vulnerable data. In this TEC37, Robb Boyd and WWT's experts, Matt Berry, Matt Long and Kris Carr, will discuss how WWT's Tools Rationalization approach will ensure your organization is advancing its security posture, optimizing investments, and pursuing reduction in spending.

Webinar

Dec 10, 2020 • 3 pm (CST)

IT Managed Services

Page

Nov 20, 2019

4 min read

Case studies

Cisco Secure Firewall

Next-Generation Firewall Reduces Vulnerabilities, Sets Stage for Innovation

WWT labs and experts help an organization quickly evaluate, implement and operate business-critical security protection.

Case Study

Oct 31, 2019

4 min read

Infrastructure Services

Enterprise Segmentation Strategy Helps Global Financial Institution Address GDPR and MIFID II Requirements

Application discovery, stakeholder consulting, architecture design and solution feasibility define path forward for implementation of segmentation zones and controls.

Case Study

Sep 5, 2019

3 min read

OT Security

Manufacturer Establishes Micro-segmentation Strategy to Address Risks of Flat Network

WWT Security Advisory Services works with manufacturer to assess 2,500 applications and pilot a solution.

Case Study

Dec 7, 2021

4 min read

Federal Government

Enterprise Segmentation Assessment and Design Helps Federal Contractor Close Compliance Gap

Establishing micro zones and documenting processes delivers a guide for protecting CUI and meeting NIST 800-171 requirements.

Case Study

Sep 5, 2019

5 min read

Connect with our experts

Bryan Liebert

Cybersecurity Practice Lead

Peter Zhang

Architect

Tim Robinson

Consulting Solutions Architect, Public Sector Security

Rob Toscano

Manager, Security Practice

Joshua Rutt

Security Consultant

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Zero Trust

Improve your organization's ability to protect against today's most sophisticated attacks -- inside and outside the network.

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OT Security

Security Priorities for 2023

A roadmap for securing the business and powering performance.

WWT Research

Feb 7, 2023

Cyber Resilience

Top Trends Shaping Data Protection Strategies

WWT experts discuss emerging and current trends to consider when it comes to data protection.

Article

Mar 2, 2023

13 min read

NVIDIA

The Journey to Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture

Please join WWT and NVIDIA on Tuesday, March 7th for a fireside chat on the recent shifts in cybersecurity practices as organizations move towards Zero Trust Architecture. During this event, industry experts will discuss the driving factors toward ZTA, the different approaches, challenges and areas to assist in the organization's implementation.

Webinar

Mar 07, 2023 • 1 pm (CST)

Cisco Hybrid Work

How IT Leaders Can Successfully Enable Hybrid Work

Experts from WWT and Cisco share practical advice about how to adapt your current IT environment so your hybrid workers thrive in a flexible work model.

Article

Aug 17, 2022

7 min read

TIC 3.0

Zscaler Zero Trust Lab

Lab

Foundation Lab

573 launches

What's new

Gigamon

Operationalizing Zero Trust Architecture

Gigamon's Deep Observability Platform offers necessary capabilities that are critical for making your ZTA implementation successful. The Gigamon Deep Observability Platform aligns with NIST, DoD, and DHS CISA's Zero Trust architecture initiatives and will enable your team to achieve a faster and more effective implementation of Zero Trust principles.

Article

Mar 29, 2023

3 min read

Segmentation

Introduction to Akamai Guardicore Segmentation (AGS)

Learn about AGS and how it provides a simple, fast and intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles.

Article

Mar 20, 2023

7 min read

NVIDIA

The Journey to Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture

Webinar

Mar 07, 2023 • 1 pm (CST)

ATC

SASE Architecture: Cisco Viptela SD-WAN With Zscaler (SSE) Lab

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), coined by Gartner in 2019, is a solution that blends networking and security into cloud scale architecture that optimizes end user performance and improves security for an organization. With the Zscaler and SD-WAN integration, you can rapidly gain access to cloud-delivered security in minutes. This market leading API automation makes it very fast and agile to deploy and manage the network and security environment of hundreds or even thousands of remote sites.

Lab

Advanced Configuration Lab

138 launches

Cyber Resilience

Top Trends Shaping Data Protection Strategies

WWT experts discuss emerging and current trends to consider when it comes to data protection.

Article

Mar 2, 2023

13 min read

Inside the ATC

Inside the ATC Security: Zero Trust

Inside the ATC is an event series where WWT experts demonstrate how to use the WWT Advanced Technology Center Platform for exclusive resources, guidance and tools available to you. During this 45-minute event, you will hear from Global Security Experts, Kevin Finch and Traci Sever as they walk through the very latest Zero Trust use cases and challenges when adopting Zero Trust. If you are evaluating Zero Trust as a security framework, be sure to tune in!

Webinar

Sep 28, 2021 • 10 am (CDT)

Zero Trust

Zero Trust Technology Series: Identity & Access Management

Zero Trust is predicated on having a well-defined Identity Access Management program. This session will be focused on breaking down the critical components of Identity within a Zero Trust Architecture.

Experience

Feb 22, 2022 • 10 am (CST)

Consulting Services

What is Zero Trust?

Learn what is zero trust, about the benefits and how to implement a zero trust security architecture.

Article

Feb 23, 2023

6 min read

Zero Trust

Protect your organization from internal and external threats with Zero Trust architectures

With the ongoing increase of cyber-attacks and data breaches, securing data, whether on-prem or in the cloud, is more critical than ever before. With end users increasingly mobile, the continuation of remote working, and data and applications moving more towards the cloud, the Army is expanding beyond perimeter-based security and adopting a Zero Trust strategy.

Webinar

Jun 24, 2021 • 1 pm (CDT)

OT Security

Security Priorities for 2023

A roadmap for securing the business and powering performance.

WWT Research

Feb 7, 2023

VMware Anywhere Workspace

VMware Workspace One and SASE Lab: Securing the Device and Edge for Remote and Mobile Users

VMware Workspace One and VMware SASE are the key components of remote and mobile end user experience. Using these technologies IT can assure that end users devices and their actions are secure. Workspace One provides a zero-trust architecture with continuous verification of endpoint compliance, by allowing only conditional access to applications, and by reducing the attack surface wherever possible. SASE provides network edge security controls like zero-trust network access, cloud access security, web gateway services and more. This simulation lab will walk you through the settings and features of Workspace One UEM, Workspace One Tunnel and SASE.

Lab

Foundation Lab

15 launches

Public Sector

Public Sector Tech Talk E05: Adopting Zero Trust in Support of the Cyber Executive Order

The Biden Administration's Cyber Executive Order (EO), officially released on May 12, lays out a multi-pronged approach on how to fortify federal agency cybersecurity efforts and mitigate the large-scale, damaging attacks felt across the country. The Cyber EO provides direction, now it's up to each agency to develop a cohesive strategy. Zero Trust is a concept highlighted in the EO and one that will need to be part of any agency strategy, but is there a consensus on what this means or how to achieve it? In this Public Sector Tech Talk, WWT and F5 will discuss how federal agencies need to move away from traditional network perimeter defense tactics to a perimeter-less data environment that uses identity and authentication tools as the primary means of access in a centralized, controlled Zero Trust framework.

Webinar

Jun 22, 2021 • 1 pm (CDT)

Public Sector

Public Sector Tech Talk E13: Moving to a Zero Trust Framework

As the threat landscape continues to evolve, government agencies cannot simply add another tool to their security stack as a method of protection. The Cyber Executive Order (EO) calls on agencies to adopt a Zero Trust framework, one that requires more than a simple point product, but a comprehensive strategy and overarching view of an agency's cyber posture. In a cloud first world, how can agencies accelerate their journey to Zero Trust given the current and evolving cyberspace environment? And what does the future hold? This Public Sector Tech Talk will discuss considerations and recommendations in implementing a Zero Trust framework. It will address how network and asset visibility are key components in understanding risk levels and how analytics can play into this strategy. Finally, it will address how the Cyber EO will shape the agency strategy of the future.

Webinar

Aug 05, 2021 • 1 pm (CDT)

WWT Experts Series

WWT Experts: Dr. Tim Robinson on Zero Trust

Grab a quick dose of deep expertise with the WWT Expert series. In each episode, our host poses topical questions to a WWT Expert. Learn about the business solutions these experts have created, the technologies they've mastered and the trends they're seeing in the marketplace. All in 30 minutes or less. Zero Trust is an IT security framework that provides secure access to applications and services based on defined access control policies, whether a user is inside or outside an organization's network. During this event, our renowned host, Matthew Coble will be joined by Security Expert, Dr. Tim Robinson. An "expert" to say the least, he drives innovative solutions for security and information technology at scale with WWT's technology partner specifically in the Public Sector. Tune in to hear a WWT Expert discuss the latest questions and concerns he is hearing from organizations.

Webinar

Mar 31, 2022 • 12 pm (CDT)

Inside the ATC

Inside the ATC Security: 2022 Priorities

Get an inside look at our latest security solutions and the labs that the WWT ATC has to offer. WWT experts Brian Crouch, Enrique Martinez, and Matt Shivers discuss the trends we are seeing in security going into the rest of 2022. Tune in to get some great insight behind the scenes of our technology.

Webinar

Apr 28, 2022 • 2 pm (CDT)

Zero Trust

WWT | Cisco Zero Trust Implement & Execute Workshop

Join us for a in-person hands-on workshop to learn how to simplify and accelerate your zero-trust adoption and take your security expertise to new heights. In this workshop, you will discover how to implement zero-trust to deliver results, integrate zero-trust into your daily workflow, uncover best practices you can use right away, and network with your peers to share strategies, techniques and outcomes. If you are joining us at our New York location (1 Pennsylvania Plaza #2200, New York, NY 10119) lunch will be provided. There is no fee for the workshop so please bring a laptop to participate. Afterwards join us for happy hour at American Whiskey (247 W 30th St 5th fl, New York, NY 10001) See you there!

Experience

Apr 07, 2022 • 11 am (CDT)

Zero Trust

Cisco Zero Trust Implement & Execute Workshop

Zero Trust has gained significant momentum in the past year. 70% of organizations are considering a zero-trust framework following the massive shift to remote working and the new level of advanced threats to the business. We understand the importance of having a plan around Zero Trust now more than ever. Join us for a virtual hands-on workshop to learn how to simplify and accelerate your zero-trust adoption and take your security expertise to new heights. In this workshop, you will discover how to implement zero-trust to deliver results, integrate zero-trust into your daily workflow, uncover best practices you can use right away, and network with your peers to share strategies, techniques and outcomes.

Experience

Dec 02, 2021 • 8 am (CST)

Why WWT

WWT Experts: Best of 2022

Check out the best clips and interviews from WWT Experts over the course of 2022.

Playlist

Veritas

We did Zero Trust before it was cool (It's basic security 101)

Looking to implement a Zero Trust practice? In this piece, we break down what Zero Trust really means and why the adoption of a Zero Trust mindset has been proven to help reduce the risk of a devastating attack.

Article

Nov 30, 2022

7 min read

Cisco Umbrella

How the Security Enterprise Agreement on GEMSS Secures the Army

Learn how to get to the next level of security maturity.

Article

Nov 27, 2022

8 min read