The Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) is a strategy for completely protecting computer infrastructure and systems. In June 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a draft for public comment entitled Zero Trust Maturity Model, which can be found at the following link: https://www.cisa.gov/publication/zero-trust-maturity-model.
As stated in that document, “The path to zero trust is an incremental process that will take years to implement”, however one must start down that path. This white paper describes some practical ways an organization can begin that journey.
