Mastering Zero Trust Security Architecture for Enterprise Resilience
You're under pressure. Breaches are no longer a what if but a when. Your organisation’s trust, compliance posture, and operational continuity hinge on a security model that assumes compromise at every level - and responds with precision, speed, and confidence. Traditional perimeter-based defences are obsolete. Attackers bypass them daily. You need a strategy that eliminates implicit trust, verifies every access request, and scales across hybrid environments - one that aligns with zero-standing privilege, least privilege access, and continuous validation. Mastering Zero Trust Security Architecture for Enterprise Resilience is your definitive pathway from reactive defence to proactive, intelligence-driven resilience. This course transforms complex frameworks into actionable, executable blueprints that you can deploy immediately - no theory, no fluff, just enterprise-grade implementation grounded in real-world design principles. Say you’re a senior security architect at a financial institution. After completing this course, you led the redesign of your company’s identity-first access model, reducing lateral movement risk by 73% and achieving full alignment with NIST 800-207 in under 90 days. Your board approved a $2.1M security modernisation budget based on your proposal - and you delivered ROI in the first quarter. This is not just about technology. It’s about credibility, influence, and staying ahead of the breach curve. You’ll walk away with a board-ready Zero Trust maturity assessment, a cross-domain implementation roadmap, and a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - a credential recognised across industries and geographies. You’ll gain the clarity, confidence, and artefacts to lead high-impact transformation. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details This is a self-paced, on-demand learning experience with immediate online access upon enrolment. Designed for enterprise security leaders, architects, and compliance officers, the course delivers deep technical mastery without requiring fixed schedules or live attendance. You progress at your own speed, from any location, with no deadlines or time pressure. Instant & Lifetime Access
Once enrolled, you receive access to the full suite of course materials. You retain lifetime access to all content, including future updates as standards evolve and new threats emerge. Zero Trust is not static - neither is this course. Every revision, framework update, and policy template is included at no extra cost. Flexible, Mobile-Friendly Learning
The entire course is optimised for 24/7 global access across devices. Whether you’re reviewing architecture patterns on your laptop during office hours or studying identity federation workflows on your tablet during travel, the interface adapts seamlessly. No downloads, no plugins - pure HTML5 compatibility with all modern browsers. Outcomes You Can Achieve Fast
Learners typically complete the core modules in 12–16 hours and are able to produce a fully customisable Zero Trust readiness assessment within the first 72 hours. Most report deploying their initial access control policies or segmenting critical data flows within the first week. This is applied learning, engineered for immediate impact. Instructor Support & Guidance
Direct access to Zero Trust practitioners with over a decade of experience in government, healthcare, and financial systems ensures you’re never working in isolation. Through structured feedback loops, scenario validations, and architecture review templates, you receive expert-led guidance embedded into key decision points. This isn’t passive learning - it’s mentorship through design. Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
Upon successful completion, you earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - a globally recognised credential trusted by enterprises, auditors, and hiring managers. This certification demonstrates mastery of Zero Trust principles, implementation patterns, and risk governance mechanisms. It’s verifiable, shareable, and designed to advance your role and visibility. No Hidden Fees. Full Transparency.
Pricing is straightforward, one-time, and all-inclusive. There are no recurring fees, licensing tiers, or add-ons. You pay once and gain full access to every module, tool, and update - forever. Secure Payment Options
Enrolment accepts major payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. Transactions are encrypted with enterprise-grade security. Your financial information is never stored or shared. Zero-Risk Enrollment: Satisfied or Refunded
We stand behind the value of this course with a 30-day satisfied or refunded guarantee. If the content does not meet your expectations, you are entitled to a full refund - no questions asked. This is our commitment to your success. This Works Even If…
- You’re new to Zero Trust but responsible for leading implementation
- You work in a highly regulated industry such as finance or healthcare
- Your organisation uses legacy systems, hybrid cloud, or disconnected domains
- You need to justify investment to executives who demand ROI and audit readiness
You’re not alone. Over 4,800 professionals across 67 countries have used this course to transition from fragmented controls to unified, verification-based security. Multiple learners report passing internal audits, achieving SOC 2 compliance, or securing promotions within six months of completion. Whether you're an enterprise architect, CISO, or compliance lead, the materials are role-specific, outcome-focused, and designed to eliminate guesswork. This is your risk-reversed path to mastery.
Module 1: Foundations of Zero Trust - Historical evolution of perimeter-based security
- Why traditional firewalls fail in modern environments
- The core principle: ever trust, always verify
- Differences between Zero Trust and legacy security models
- Understanding implicit vs. explicit trust
- Key drivers: remote work, cloud migration, ransomware
- NIST 800-207: Overview and scope
- CISA’s Zero Trust maturity model: Breakdown by pillar
- MITRE ATT&CK alignment with Zero Trust controls
- Mapping breach vectors to Zero Trust mitigations
- Business impact of data exfiltration and lateral movement
- Cost of delayed Zero Trust adoption
- Defining enterprise resilience in a post-breach world
- Stakeholder alignment: Security, IT, Legal, and Executive teams
- Creating a Zero Trust vision statement
- Establishing success metrics and KPIs
Module 2: Core Zero Trust Pillars - Zero Trust pillar 1: Identity
- Zero Trust pillar 2: Devices
- Zero Trust pillar 3: Networks
- Zero Trust pillar 4: Applications and workloads
- Zero Trust pillar 5: Data
- Zero Trust pillar 6: Visibility and analytics
- Zero Trust pillar 7: Automation and orchestration
- Mapping each pillar to NIST and CISA guidelines
- Interdependencies between pillars
- Order of implementation: what to prioritise first
- Defining trust boundaries and zones
- Principle of least privilege by pillar
- Establishing continuous validation mechanisms
- Designing for failure: assuming compromise
- Using microsegmentation as a control layer
- Embedding Zero Trust into change management
Module 3: Identity-Centric Security Design - Role of identity as the new perimeter
- Implementing strong authentication: MFA and phishing-resistant methods
- Passwordless authentication: FIDO2, WebAuthn, Windows Hello
- User lifecycle management: onboarding to offboarding
- Service account governance and risk assessment
- Identity federation: SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0
- Implementing Conditional Access policies
- Device compliance as a prerequisite for access
- Identity provider selection: Azure AD, Okta, Ping, ForgeRock
- Multi-identity environment challenges
- Privileged access management (PAM) integration
- Just-in-time (JIT) and Just-enough-access (JEA)
- Monitoring for anomalous login behaviour
- Real-time risk scoring for user sessions
- Session timeout and reauthentication policies
- Creating identity assurance levels
Module 4: Device Trust and Posture Assessment - Defining a trusted device
- Device authentication vs. user authentication
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR) integration
- Device health checks: encryption, patch level, antivirus
- Integrating with Microsoft Intune, Jamf, or Workspace ONE
- Automated device compliance enforcement
- BYOD: Securing personal devices under Zero Trust
- Establishing device inventory and discovery protocols
- IoT and OT device considerations
- Secure boot, TPM, and hardware trust roots
- Remote wipe and lock capability workflows
- Device behavioural analytics
- Handling non-compliant devices: quarantine and remediation
- Mapping device posture to access policies
- Zero-touch provisioning for scalable deployment
- Creating device trust scores
Module 5: Network Architecture for Zero Trust - Eliminating flat networks
- Network segmentation vs. microsegmentation
- Designing zero-trust networks (ZTNA) from scratch
- Software-defined perimeters (SDP) explained
- Overlay networks and encrypted tunnels
- Implementing least-privilege network access
- East-west traffic monitoring and control
- Removing unnecessary ports and protocols
- Network Access Control (NAC) integration
- DNS filtering and secure web gateways
- Next-generation firewall (NGFW) policy alignment
- Secure connectivity for remote users
- Replacing legacy VPNs with ZTNA solutions
- Evaluating ZTNA vendors: Zscaler, Palo Alto, Cisco, Akamai
- Traffic inspection and deep packet analysis
- Building redundancy into Zero Trust network paths
Module 6: Data-Centric Protection Strategies - Classifying data by sensitivity and risk
- Implementing data loss prevention (DLP) frameworks
- Mapping data flows across systems and users
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Database activity monitoring (DAM)
- Access logging for sensitive data repositories
- Real-time alerting on unauthorised data access
- Secure collaboration: sharing data without exposing it
- Cloud storage security: AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud
- Application-level data encryption
- Key management: HSMs, KMS, and cloud key providers
- Policy-driven data access controls
- Automated classification with AI/ML
- Retention and deletion policies
- Establishing data ownership and stewardship
Module 7: Application and Workload Protection - Securing legacy vs. modern applications
- Application segmentation and isolation
- API security in a Zero Trust model
- Authenticating service-to-service communication
- Implementing mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Container security with Kubernetes and Docker
- Serverless function access controls
- CI/CD pipeline security integration
- Runtime protection for applications
- Application identity and attestation
- Secure configuration management
- Code signing and integrity verification
- Third-party application risk assessment
- Zero Trust for SaaS applications (Office 365, Salesforce)
- Automated vulnerability scanning in dev environments
- Embedding Zero Trust into DevSecOps
Module 8: Visibility, Analytics, and Logging - Centralised logging and SIEM integration
- Correlating identity, device, and data access events
- Establishing baselines for normal behaviour
- Detecting anomalies with machine learning
- Real-time dashboards for security operations
- Automated alerting and escalation workflows
- Log retention and compliance requirements
- Threat hunting using Zero Trust telemetry
- Integrating with SOAR platforms
- Creating custom rules for high-risk scenarios
- Searchable forensic archives
- User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA)
- Incident response playbooks driven by logs
- Automated triage and prioritisation
- Exporting audit-ready reports
- Establishing visibility SLAs
Module 9: Automation and Orchestration - Automating policy enforcement across domains
- Playbook development for common scenarios
- Integrating identity, network, and data triggers
- Auto-remediation of non-compliant devices
- Orchestrated response to suspicious logins
- Scripting access revocation on threat detection
- Automated reporting to compliance teams
- API-driven control plane integration
- Scaling responses across multi-cloud environments
- Using PowerShell, Python, and REST APIs
- Low-code automation tools for security teams
- Testing automation workflows before deployment
- Fail-safe mechanisms and rollback procedures
- Monitoring automation performance and accuracy
- Reducing MTTR through automated actions
- Creating feedback loops for continuous improvement
Module 10: Zero Trust in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Extending Zero Trust across AWS, Azure, GCP
- Cloud identity federation patterns
- Consistent policy enforcement across clouds
- Securing cloud management consoles
- Cloud-native ZTNA solutions
- Protecting data in cloud storage and databases
- Monitoring hybrid workload communication
- Handling cloud-to-cloud access securely
- Multi-cloud identity governance
- Shared responsibility model alignment
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Configuring cross-cloud encryption keys
- Automating cloud misconfiguration detection
- Integrating with native cloud logging tools
- Establishing cloud audit trails
- Designing for geographic data residency
Module 11: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Alignment - Mapping Zero Trust to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- Demonstrating compliance with auditable controls
- Linking controls to regulatory requirements
- Creating compliance evidence packages
- Risk assessment methodologies for Zero Trust
- Third-party risk management integration
- Vendor assessment using Zero Trust criteria
- Internal audit preparation and readiness
- Documentation standards for policies and procedures
- Establishing review cycles for access rights
- Regular attestation processes
- Board-level reporting templates
- Security maturity scoring and benchmarking
- Using Zero Trust to reduce insurance premiums
- Integrating with ERM frameworks
- Legal defensibility of security controls
Module 12: Implementation Roadmap and Maturity Assessment - Conducting a Zero Trust readiness assessment
- Self-assessment toolkit with scoring matrix
- Identifying critical assets and high-risk users
- Creating an implementation backlog
- Phased rollout strategy: pilot to enterprise
- Establishing cross-functional implementation team
- Defining short-term wins and long-term goals
- Securing executive sponsorship
- Resource planning: tools, people, budget
- Training internal teams on Zero Trust concepts
- Measuring progress with maturity models
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Adjusting roadmap based on risk landscape
- Vendor selection and integration planning
- Change management and communication plan
- Post-implementation review and optimisation
Module 13: Hands-On Project: Design Your Zero Trust Blueprint - Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
Module 14: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Final assessment: Zero Trust mastery exam
- Submission of hands-on project for review
- Criteria for earning the Certificate of Completion
- Verifying your certificate through The Art of Service portal
- Adding certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Leveraging certification in job applications and promotions
- Connecting with peer alumni network
- Access to exclusive job board and career resources
- Advanced learning pathways: Cloud Security, SASE, ZTNA specialisation
- Recommended reading and research materials
- Annual refresh: Staying current with updates
- Contributing to Zero Trust best practice guides
- Becoming a mentor to new learners
- Speaking opportunities and conference preparation
- Building a personal brand as a Zero Trust expert
- Preparing for CISO and leadership roles
- Historical evolution of perimeter-based security
- Why traditional firewalls fail in modern environments
- The core principle: ever trust, always verify
- Differences between Zero Trust and legacy security models
- Understanding implicit vs. explicit trust
- Key drivers: remote work, cloud migration, ransomware
- NIST 800-207: Overview and scope
- CISA’s Zero Trust maturity model: Breakdown by pillar
- MITRE ATT&CK alignment with Zero Trust controls
- Mapping breach vectors to Zero Trust mitigations
- Business impact of data exfiltration and lateral movement
- Cost of delayed Zero Trust adoption
- Defining enterprise resilience in a post-breach world
- Stakeholder alignment: Security, IT, Legal, and Executive teams
- Creating a Zero Trust vision statement
- Establishing success metrics and KPIs
Module 2: Core Zero Trust Pillars - Zero Trust pillar 1: Identity
- Zero Trust pillar 2: Devices
- Zero Trust pillar 3: Networks
- Zero Trust pillar 4: Applications and workloads
- Zero Trust pillar 5: Data
- Zero Trust pillar 6: Visibility and analytics
- Zero Trust pillar 7: Automation and orchestration
- Mapping each pillar to NIST and CISA guidelines
- Interdependencies between pillars
- Order of implementation: what to prioritise first
- Defining trust boundaries and zones
- Principle of least privilege by pillar
- Establishing continuous validation mechanisms
- Designing for failure: assuming compromise
- Using microsegmentation as a control layer
- Embedding Zero Trust into change management
Module 3: Identity-Centric Security Design - Role of identity as the new perimeter
- Implementing strong authentication: MFA and phishing-resistant methods
- Passwordless authentication: FIDO2, WebAuthn, Windows Hello
- User lifecycle management: onboarding to offboarding
- Service account governance and risk assessment
- Identity federation: SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0
- Implementing Conditional Access policies
- Device compliance as a prerequisite for access
- Identity provider selection: Azure AD, Okta, Ping, ForgeRock
- Multi-identity environment challenges
- Privileged access management (PAM) integration
- Just-in-time (JIT) and Just-enough-access (JEA)
- Monitoring for anomalous login behaviour
- Real-time risk scoring for user sessions
- Session timeout and reauthentication policies
- Creating identity assurance levels
Module 4: Device Trust and Posture Assessment - Defining a trusted device
- Device authentication vs. user authentication
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR) integration
- Device health checks: encryption, patch level, antivirus
- Integrating with Microsoft Intune, Jamf, or Workspace ONE
- Automated device compliance enforcement
- BYOD: Securing personal devices under Zero Trust
- Establishing device inventory and discovery protocols
- IoT and OT device considerations
- Secure boot, TPM, and hardware trust roots
- Remote wipe and lock capability workflows
- Device behavioural analytics
- Handling non-compliant devices: quarantine and remediation
- Mapping device posture to access policies
- Zero-touch provisioning for scalable deployment
- Creating device trust scores
Module 5: Network Architecture for Zero Trust - Eliminating flat networks
- Network segmentation vs. microsegmentation
- Designing zero-trust networks (ZTNA) from scratch
- Software-defined perimeters (SDP) explained
- Overlay networks and encrypted tunnels
- Implementing least-privilege network access
- East-west traffic monitoring and control
- Removing unnecessary ports and protocols
- Network Access Control (NAC) integration
- DNS filtering and secure web gateways
- Next-generation firewall (NGFW) policy alignment
- Secure connectivity for remote users
- Replacing legacy VPNs with ZTNA solutions
- Evaluating ZTNA vendors: Zscaler, Palo Alto, Cisco, Akamai
- Traffic inspection and deep packet analysis
- Building redundancy into Zero Trust network paths
Module 6: Data-Centric Protection Strategies - Classifying data by sensitivity and risk
- Implementing data loss prevention (DLP) frameworks
- Mapping data flows across systems and users
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Database activity monitoring (DAM)
- Access logging for sensitive data repositories
- Real-time alerting on unauthorised data access
- Secure collaboration: sharing data without exposing it
- Cloud storage security: AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud
- Application-level data encryption
- Key management: HSMs, KMS, and cloud key providers
- Policy-driven data access controls
- Automated classification with AI/ML
- Retention and deletion policies
- Establishing data ownership and stewardship
Module 7: Application and Workload Protection - Securing legacy vs. modern applications
- Application segmentation and isolation
- API security in a Zero Trust model
- Authenticating service-to-service communication
- Implementing mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Container security with Kubernetes and Docker
- Serverless function access controls
- CI/CD pipeline security integration
- Runtime protection for applications
- Application identity and attestation
- Secure configuration management
- Code signing and integrity verification
- Third-party application risk assessment
- Zero Trust for SaaS applications (Office 365, Salesforce)
- Automated vulnerability scanning in dev environments
- Embedding Zero Trust into DevSecOps
Module 8: Visibility, Analytics, and Logging - Centralised logging and SIEM integration
- Correlating identity, device, and data access events
- Establishing baselines for normal behaviour
- Detecting anomalies with machine learning
- Real-time dashboards for security operations
- Automated alerting and escalation workflows
- Log retention and compliance requirements
- Threat hunting using Zero Trust telemetry
- Integrating with SOAR platforms
- Creating custom rules for high-risk scenarios
- Searchable forensic archives
- User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA)
- Incident response playbooks driven by logs
- Automated triage and prioritisation
- Exporting audit-ready reports
- Establishing visibility SLAs
Module 9: Automation and Orchestration - Automating policy enforcement across domains
- Playbook development for common scenarios
- Integrating identity, network, and data triggers
- Auto-remediation of non-compliant devices
- Orchestrated response to suspicious logins
- Scripting access revocation on threat detection
- Automated reporting to compliance teams
- API-driven control plane integration
- Scaling responses across multi-cloud environments
- Using PowerShell, Python, and REST APIs
- Low-code automation tools for security teams
- Testing automation workflows before deployment
- Fail-safe mechanisms and rollback procedures
- Monitoring automation performance and accuracy
- Reducing MTTR through automated actions
- Creating feedback loops for continuous improvement
Module 10: Zero Trust in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Extending Zero Trust across AWS, Azure, GCP
- Cloud identity federation patterns
- Consistent policy enforcement across clouds
- Securing cloud management consoles
- Cloud-native ZTNA solutions
- Protecting data in cloud storage and databases
- Monitoring hybrid workload communication
- Handling cloud-to-cloud access securely
- Multi-cloud identity governance
- Shared responsibility model alignment
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Configuring cross-cloud encryption keys
- Automating cloud misconfiguration detection
- Integrating with native cloud logging tools
- Establishing cloud audit trails
- Designing for geographic data residency
Module 11: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Alignment - Mapping Zero Trust to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- Demonstrating compliance with auditable controls
- Linking controls to regulatory requirements
- Creating compliance evidence packages
- Risk assessment methodologies for Zero Trust
- Third-party risk management integration
- Vendor assessment using Zero Trust criteria
- Internal audit preparation and readiness
- Documentation standards for policies and procedures
- Establishing review cycles for access rights
- Regular attestation processes
- Board-level reporting templates
- Security maturity scoring and benchmarking
- Using Zero Trust to reduce insurance premiums
- Integrating with ERM frameworks
- Legal defensibility of security controls
Module 12: Implementation Roadmap and Maturity Assessment - Conducting a Zero Trust readiness assessment
- Self-assessment toolkit with scoring matrix
- Identifying critical assets and high-risk users
- Creating an implementation backlog
- Phased rollout strategy: pilot to enterprise
- Establishing cross-functional implementation team
- Defining short-term wins and long-term goals
- Securing executive sponsorship
- Resource planning: tools, people, budget
- Training internal teams on Zero Trust concepts
- Measuring progress with maturity models
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Adjusting roadmap based on risk landscape
- Vendor selection and integration planning
- Change management and communication plan
- Post-implementation review and optimisation
Module 13: Hands-On Project: Design Your Zero Trust Blueprint - Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
Module 14: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Final assessment: Zero Trust mastery exam
- Submission of hands-on project for review
- Criteria for earning the Certificate of Completion
- Verifying your certificate through The Art of Service portal
- Adding certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Leveraging certification in job applications and promotions
- Connecting with peer alumni network
- Access to exclusive job board and career resources
- Advanced learning pathways: Cloud Security, SASE, ZTNA specialisation
- Recommended reading and research materials
- Annual refresh: Staying current with updates
- Contributing to Zero Trust best practice guides
- Becoming a mentor to new learners
- Speaking opportunities and conference preparation
- Building a personal brand as a Zero Trust expert
- Preparing for CISO and leadership roles
- Role of identity as the new perimeter
- Implementing strong authentication: MFA and phishing-resistant methods
- Passwordless authentication: FIDO2, WebAuthn, Windows Hello
- User lifecycle management: onboarding to offboarding
- Service account governance and risk assessment
- Identity federation: SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0
- Implementing Conditional Access policies
- Device compliance as a prerequisite for access
- Identity provider selection: Azure AD, Okta, Ping, ForgeRock
- Multi-identity environment challenges
- Privileged access management (PAM) integration
- Just-in-time (JIT) and Just-enough-access (JEA)
- Monitoring for anomalous login behaviour
- Real-time risk scoring for user sessions
- Session timeout and reauthentication policies
- Creating identity assurance levels
Module 4: Device Trust and Posture Assessment - Defining a trusted device
- Device authentication vs. user authentication
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR) integration
- Device health checks: encryption, patch level, antivirus
- Integrating with Microsoft Intune, Jamf, or Workspace ONE
- Automated device compliance enforcement
- BYOD: Securing personal devices under Zero Trust
- Establishing device inventory and discovery protocols
- IoT and OT device considerations
- Secure boot, TPM, and hardware trust roots
- Remote wipe and lock capability workflows
- Device behavioural analytics
- Handling non-compliant devices: quarantine and remediation
- Mapping device posture to access policies
- Zero-touch provisioning for scalable deployment
- Creating device trust scores
Module 5: Network Architecture for Zero Trust - Eliminating flat networks
- Network segmentation vs. microsegmentation
- Designing zero-trust networks (ZTNA) from scratch
- Software-defined perimeters (SDP) explained
- Overlay networks and encrypted tunnels
- Implementing least-privilege network access
- East-west traffic monitoring and control
- Removing unnecessary ports and protocols
- Network Access Control (NAC) integration
- DNS filtering and secure web gateways
- Next-generation firewall (NGFW) policy alignment
- Secure connectivity for remote users
- Replacing legacy VPNs with ZTNA solutions
- Evaluating ZTNA vendors: Zscaler, Palo Alto, Cisco, Akamai
- Traffic inspection and deep packet analysis
- Building redundancy into Zero Trust network paths
Module 6: Data-Centric Protection Strategies - Classifying data by sensitivity and risk
- Implementing data loss prevention (DLP) frameworks
- Mapping data flows across systems and users
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Database activity monitoring (DAM)
- Access logging for sensitive data repositories
- Real-time alerting on unauthorised data access
- Secure collaboration: sharing data without exposing it
- Cloud storage security: AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud
- Application-level data encryption
- Key management: HSMs, KMS, and cloud key providers
- Policy-driven data access controls
- Automated classification with AI/ML
- Retention and deletion policies
- Establishing data ownership and stewardship
Module 7: Application and Workload Protection - Securing legacy vs. modern applications
- Application segmentation and isolation
- API security in a Zero Trust model
- Authenticating service-to-service communication
- Implementing mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Container security with Kubernetes and Docker
- Serverless function access controls
- CI/CD pipeline security integration
- Runtime protection for applications
- Application identity and attestation
- Secure configuration management
- Code signing and integrity verification
- Third-party application risk assessment
- Zero Trust for SaaS applications (Office 365, Salesforce)
- Automated vulnerability scanning in dev environments
- Embedding Zero Trust into DevSecOps
Module 8: Visibility, Analytics, and Logging - Centralised logging and SIEM integration
- Correlating identity, device, and data access events
- Establishing baselines for normal behaviour
- Detecting anomalies with machine learning
- Real-time dashboards for security operations
- Automated alerting and escalation workflows
- Log retention and compliance requirements
- Threat hunting using Zero Trust telemetry
- Integrating with SOAR platforms
- Creating custom rules for high-risk scenarios
- Searchable forensic archives
- User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA)
- Incident response playbooks driven by logs
- Automated triage and prioritisation
- Exporting audit-ready reports
- Establishing visibility SLAs
Module 9: Automation and Orchestration - Automating policy enforcement across domains
- Playbook development for common scenarios
- Integrating identity, network, and data triggers
- Auto-remediation of non-compliant devices
- Orchestrated response to suspicious logins
- Scripting access revocation on threat detection
- Automated reporting to compliance teams
- API-driven control plane integration
- Scaling responses across multi-cloud environments
- Using PowerShell, Python, and REST APIs
- Low-code automation tools for security teams
- Testing automation workflows before deployment
- Fail-safe mechanisms and rollback procedures
- Monitoring automation performance and accuracy
- Reducing MTTR through automated actions
- Creating feedback loops for continuous improvement
Module 10: Zero Trust in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Extending Zero Trust across AWS, Azure, GCP
- Cloud identity federation patterns
- Consistent policy enforcement across clouds
- Securing cloud management consoles
- Cloud-native ZTNA solutions
- Protecting data in cloud storage and databases
- Monitoring hybrid workload communication
- Handling cloud-to-cloud access securely
- Multi-cloud identity governance
- Shared responsibility model alignment
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Configuring cross-cloud encryption keys
- Automating cloud misconfiguration detection
- Integrating with native cloud logging tools
- Establishing cloud audit trails
- Designing for geographic data residency
Module 11: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Alignment - Mapping Zero Trust to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- Demonstrating compliance with auditable controls
- Linking controls to regulatory requirements
- Creating compliance evidence packages
- Risk assessment methodologies for Zero Trust
- Third-party risk management integration
- Vendor assessment using Zero Trust criteria
- Internal audit preparation and readiness
- Documentation standards for policies and procedures
- Establishing review cycles for access rights
- Regular attestation processes
- Board-level reporting templates
- Security maturity scoring and benchmarking
- Using Zero Trust to reduce insurance premiums
- Integrating with ERM frameworks
- Legal defensibility of security controls
Module 12: Implementation Roadmap and Maturity Assessment - Conducting a Zero Trust readiness assessment
- Self-assessment toolkit with scoring matrix
- Identifying critical assets and high-risk users
- Creating an implementation backlog
- Phased rollout strategy: pilot to enterprise
- Establishing cross-functional implementation team
- Defining short-term wins and long-term goals
- Securing executive sponsorship
- Resource planning: tools, people, budget
- Training internal teams on Zero Trust concepts
- Measuring progress with maturity models
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Adjusting roadmap based on risk landscape
- Vendor selection and integration planning
- Change management and communication plan
- Post-implementation review and optimisation
Module 13: Hands-On Project: Design Your Zero Trust Blueprint - Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
Module 14: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Final assessment: Zero Trust mastery exam
- Submission of hands-on project for review
- Criteria for earning the Certificate of Completion
- Verifying your certificate through The Art of Service portal
- Adding certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Leveraging certification in job applications and promotions
- Connecting with peer alumni network
- Access to exclusive job board and career resources
- Advanced learning pathways: Cloud Security, SASE, ZTNA specialisation
- Recommended reading and research materials
- Annual refresh: Staying current with updates
- Contributing to Zero Trust best practice guides
- Becoming a mentor to new learners
- Speaking opportunities and conference preparation
- Building a personal brand as a Zero Trust expert
- Preparing for CISO and leadership roles
- Eliminating flat networks
- Network segmentation vs. microsegmentation
- Designing zero-trust networks (ZTNA) from scratch
- Software-defined perimeters (SDP) explained
- Overlay networks and encrypted tunnels
- Implementing least-privilege network access
- East-west traffic monitoring and control
- Removing unnecessary ports and protocols
- Network Access Control (NAC) integration
- DNS filtering and secure web gateways
- Next-generation firewall (NGFW) policy alignment
- Secure connectivity for remote users
- Replacing legacy VPNs with ZTNA solutions
- Evaluating ZTNA vendors: Zscaler, Palo Alto, Cisco, Akamai
- Traffic inspection and deep packet analysis
- Building redundancy into Zero Trust network paths
Module 6: Data-Centric Protection Strategies - Classifying data by sensitivity and risk
- Implementing data loss prevention (DLP) frameworks
- Mapping data flows across systems and users
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Database activity monitoring (DAM)
- Access logging for sensitive data repositories
- Real-time alerting on unauthorised data access
- Secure collaboration: sharing data without exposing it
- Cloud storage security: AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud
- Application-level data encryption
- Key management: HSMs, KMS, and cloud key providers
- Policy-driven data access controls
- Automated classification with AI/ML
- Retention and deletion policies
- Establishing data ownership and stewardship
Module 7: Application and Workload Protection - Securing legacy vs. modern applications
- Application segmentation and isolation
- API security in a Zero Trust model
- Authenticating service-to-service communication
- Implementing mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Container security with Kubernetes and Docker
- Serverless function access controls
- CI/CD pipeline security integration
- Runtime protection for applications
- Application identity and attestation
- Secure configuration management
- Code signing and integrity verification
- Third-party application risk assessment
- Zero Trust for SaaS applications (Office 365, Salesforce)
- Automated vulnerability scanning in dev environments
- Embedding Zero Trust into DevSecOps
Module 8: Visibility, Analytics, and Logging - Centralised logging and SIEM integration
- Correlating identity, device, and data access events
- Establishing baselines for normal behaviour
- Detecting anomalies with machine learning
- Real-time dashboards for security operations
- Automated alerting and escalation workflows
- Log retention and compliance requirements
- Threat hunting using Zero Trust telemetry
- Integrating with SOAR platforms
- Creating custom rules for high-risk scenarios
- Searchable forensic archives
- User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA)
- Incident response playbooks driven by logs
- Automated triage and prioritisation
- Exporting audit-ready reports
- Establishing visibility SLAs
Module 9: Automation and Orchestration - Automating policy enforcement across domains
- Playbook development for common scenarios
- Integrating identity, network, and data triggers
- Auto-remediation of non-compliant devices
- Orchestrated response to suspicious logins
- Scripting access revocation on threat detection
- Automated reporting to compliance teams
- API-driven control plane integration
- Scaling responses across multi-cloud environments
- Using PowerShell, Python, and REST APIs
- Low-code automation tools for security teams
- Testing automation workflows before deployment
- Fail-safe mechanisms and rollback procedures
- Monitoring automation performance and accuracy
- Reducing MTTR through automated actions
- Creating feedback loops for continuous improvement
Module 10: Zero Trust in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Extending Zero Trust across AWS, Azure, GCP
- Cloud identity federation patterns
- Consistent policy enforcement across clouds
- Securing cloud management consoles
- Cloud-native ZTNA solutions
- Protecting data in cloud storage and databases
- Monitoring hybrid workload communication
- Handling cloud-to-cloud access securely
- Multi-cloud identity governance
- Shared responsibility model alignment
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Configuring cross-cloud encryption keys
- Automating cloud misconfiguration detection
- Integrating with native cloud logging tools
- Establishing cloud audit trails
- Designing for geographic data residency
Module 11: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Alignment - Mapping Zero Trust to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- Demonstrating compliance with auditable controls
- Linking controls to regulatory requirements
- Creating compliance evidence packages
- Risk assessment methodologies for Zero Trust
- Third-party risk management integration
- Vendor assessment using Zero Trust criteria
- Internal audit preparation and readiness
- Documentation standards for policies and procedures
- Establishing review cycles for access rights
- Regular attestation processes
- Board-level reporting templates
- Security maturity scoring and benchmarking
- Using Zero Trust to reduce insurance premiums
- Integrating with ERM frameworks
- Legal defensibility of security controls
Module 12: Implementation Roadmap and Maturity Assessment - Conducting a Zero Trust readiness assessment
- Self-assessment toolkit with scoring matrix
- Identifying critical assets and high-risk users
- Creating an implementation backlog
- Phased rollout strategy: pilot to enterprise
- Establishing cross-functional implementation team
- Defining short-term wins and long-term goals
- Securing executive sponsorship
- Resource planning: tools, people, budget
- Training internal teams on Zero Trust concepts
- Measuring progress with maturity models
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Adjusting roadmap based on risk landscape
- Vendor selection and integration planning
- Change management and communication plan
- Post-implementation review and optimisation
Module 13: Hands-On Project: Design Your Zero Trust Blueprint - Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
Module 14: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Final assessment: Zero Trust mastery exam
- Submission of hands-on project for review
- Criteria for earning the Certificate of Completion
- Verifying your certificate through The Art of Service portal
- Adding certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Leveraging certification in job applications and promotions
- Connecting with peer alumni network
- Access to exclusive job board and career resources
- Advanced learning pathways: Cloud Security, SASE, ZTNA specialisation
- Recommended reading and research materials
- Annual refresh: Staying current with updates
- Contributing to Zero Trust best practice guides
- Becoming a mentor to new learners
- Speaking opportunities and conference preparation
- Building a personal brand as a Zero Trust expert
- Preparing for CISO and leadership roles
- Securing legacy vs. modern applications
- Application segmentation and isolation
- API security in a Zero Trust model
- Authenticating service-to-service communication
- Implementing mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Container security with Kubernetes and Docker
- Serverless function access controls
- CI/CD pipeline security integration
- Runtime protection for applications
- Application identity and attestation
- Secure configuration management
- Code signing and integrity verification
- Third-party application risk assessment
- Zero Trust for SaaS applications (Office 365, Salesforce)
- Automated vulnerability scanning in dev environments
- Embedding Zero Trust into DevSecOps
Module 8: Visibility, Analytics, and Logging - Centralised logging and SIEM integration
- Correlating identity, device, and data access events
- Establishing baselines for normal behaviour
- Detecting anomalies with machine learning
- Real-time dashboards for security operations
- Automated alerting and escalation workflows
- Log retention and compliance requirements
- Threat hunting using Zero Trust telemetry
- Integrating with SOAR platforms
- Creating custom rules for high-risk scenarios
- Searchable forensic archives
- User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA)
- Incident response playbooks driven by logs
- Automated triage and prioritisation
- Exporting audit-ready reports
- Establishing visibility SLAs
Module 9: Automation and Orchestration - Automating policy enforcement across domains
- Playbook development for common scenarios
- Integrating identity, network, and data triggers
- Auto-remediation of non-compliant devices
- Orchestrated response to suspicious logins
- Scripting access revocation on threat detection
- Automated reporting to compliance teams
- API-driven control plane integration
- Scaling responses across multi-cloud environments
- Using PowerShell, Python, and REST APIs
- Low-code automation tools for security teams
- Testing automation workflows before deployment
- Fail-safe mechanisms and rollback procedures
- Monitoring automation performance and accuracy
- Reducing MTTR through automated actions
- Creating feedback loops for continuous improvement
Module 10: Zero Trust in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Extending Zero Trust across AWS, Azure, GCP
- Cloud identity federation patterns
- Consistent policy enforcement across clouds
- Securing cloud management consoles
- Cloud-native ZTNA solutions
- Protecting data in cloud storage and databases
- Monitoring hybrid workload communication
- Handling cloud-to-cloud access securely
- Multi-cloud identity governance
- Shared responsibility model alignment
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Configuring cross-cloud encryption keys
- Automating cloud misconfiguration detection
- Integrating with native cloud logging tools
- Establishing cloud audit trails
- Designing for geographic data residency
Module 11: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Alignment - Mapping Zero Trust to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- Demonstrating compliance with auditable controls
- Linking controls to regulatory requirements
- Creating compliance evidence packages
- Risk assessment methodologies for Zero Trust
- Third-party risk management integration
- Vendor assessment using Zero Trust criteria
- Internal audit preparation and readiness
- Documentation standards for policies and procedures
- Establishing review cycles for access rights
- Regular attestation processes
- Board-level reporting templates
- Security maturity scoring and benchmarking
- Using Zero Trust to reduce insurance premiums
- Integrating with ERM frameworks
- Legal defensibility of security controls
Module 12: Implementation Roadmap and Maturity Assessment - Conducting a Zero Trust readiness assessment
- Self-assessment toolkit with scoring matrix
- Identifying critical assets and high-risk users
- Creating an implementation backlog
- Phased rollout strategy: pilot to enterprise
- Establishing cross-functional implementation team
- Defining short-term wins and long-term goals
- Securing executive sponsorship
- Resource planning: tools, people, budget
- Training internal teams on Zero Trust concepts
- Measuring progress with maturity models
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Adjusting roadmap based on risk landscape
- Vendor selection and integration planning
- Change management and communication plan
- Post-implementation review and optimisation
Module 13: Hands-On Project: Design Your Zero Trust Blueprint - Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
Module 14: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Final assessment: Zero Trust mastery exam
- Submission of hands-on project for review
- Criteria for earning the Certificate of Completion
- Verifying your certificate through The Art of Service portal
- Adding certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Leveraging certification in job applications and promotions
- Connecting with peer alumni network
- Access to exclusive job board and career resources
- Advanced learning pathways: Cloud Security, SASE, ZTNA specialisation
- Recommended reading and research materials
- Annual refresh: Staying current with updates
- Contributing to Zero Trust best practice guides
- Becoming a mentor to new learners
- Speaking opportunities and conference preparation
- Building a personal brand as a Zero Trust expert
- Preparing for CISO and leadership roles
- Automating policy enforcement across domains
- Playbook development for common scenarios
- Integrating identity, network, and data triggers
- Auto-remediation of non-compliant devices
- Orchestrated response to suspicious logins
- Scripting access revocation on threat detection
- Automated reporting to compliance teams
- API-driven control plane integration
- Scaling responses across multi-cloud environments
- Using PowerShell, Python, and REST APIs
- Low-code automation tools for security teams
- Testing automation workflows before deployment
- Fail-safe mechanisms and rollback procedures
- Monitoring automation performance and accuracy
- Reducing MTTR through automated actions
- Creating feedback loops for continuous improvement
Module 10: Zero Trust in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Extending Zero Trust across AWS, Azure, GCP
- Cloud identity federation patterns
- Consistent policy enforcement across clouds
- Securing cloud management consoles
- Cloud-native ZTNA solutions
- Protecting data in cloud storage and databases
- Monitoring hybrid workload communication
- Handling cloud-to-cloud access securely
- Multi-cloud identity governance
- Shared responsibility model alignment
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Configuring cross-cloud encryption keys
- Automating cloud misconfiguration detection
- Integrating with native cloud logging tools
- Establishing cloud audit trails
- Designing for geographic data residency
Module 11: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Alignment - Mapping Zero Trust to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- Demonstrating compliance with auditable controls
- Linking controls to regulatory requirements
- Creating compliance evidence packages
- Risk assessment methodologies for Zero Trust
- Third-party risk management integration
- Vendor assessment using Zero Trust criteria
- Internal audit preparation and readiness
- Documentation standards for policies and procedures
- Establishing review cycles for access rights
- Regular attestation processes
- Board-level reporting templates
- Security maturity scoring and benchmarking
- Using Zero Trust to reduce insurance premiums
- Integrating with ERM frameworks
- Legal defensibility of security controls
Module 12: Implementation Roadmap and Maturity Assessment - Conducting a Zero Trust readiness assessment
- Self-assessment toolkit with scoring matrix
- Identifying critical assets and high-risk users
- Creating an implementation backlog
- Phased rollout strategy: pilot to enterprise
- Establishing cross-functional implementation team
- Defining short-term wins and long-term goals
- Securing executive sponsorship
- Resource planning: tools, people, budget
- Training internal teams on Zero Trust concepts
- Measuring progress with maturity models
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Adjusting roadmap based on risk landscape
- Vendor selection and integration planning
- Change management and communication plan
- Post-implementation review and optimisation
Module 13: Hands-On Project: Design Your Zero Trust Blueprint - Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
Module 14: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Final assessment: Zero Trust mastery exam
- Submission of hands-on project for review
- Criteria for earning the Certificate of Completion
- Verifying your certificate through The Art of Service portal
- Adding certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Leveraging certification in job applications and promotions
- Connecting with peer alumni network
- Access to exclusive job board and career resources
- Advanced learning pathways: Cloud Security, SASE, ZTNA specialisation
- Recommended reading and research materials
- Annual refresh: Staying current with updates
- Contributing to Zero Trust best practice guides
- Becoming a mentor to new learners
- Speaking opportunities and conference preparation
- Building a personal brand as a Zero Trust expert
- Preparing for CISO and leadership roles
- Mapping Zero Trust to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- Demonstrating compliance with auditable controls
- Linking controls to regulatory requirements
- Creating compliance evidence packages
- Risk assessment methodologies for Zero Trust
- Third-party risk management integration
- Vendor assessment using Zero Trust criteria
- Internal audit preparation and readiness
- Documentation standards for policies and procedures
- Establishing review cycles for access rights
- Regular attestation processes
- Board-level reporting templates
- Security maturity scoring and benchmarking
- Using Zero Trust to reduce insurance premiums
- Integrating with ERM frameworks
- Legal defensibility of security controls
Module 12: Implementation Roadmap and Maturity Assessment - Conducting a Zero Trust readiness assessment
- Self-assessment toolkit with scoring matrix
- Identifying critical assets and high-risk users
- Creating an implementation backlog
- Phased rollout strategy: pilot to enterprise
- Establishing cross-functional implementation team
- Defining short-term wins and long-term goals
- Securing executive sponsorship
- Resource planning: tools, people, budget
- Training internal teams on Zero Trust concepts
- Measuring progress with maturity models
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Adjusting roadmap based on risk landscape
- Vendor selection and integration planning
- Change management and communication plan
- Post-implementation review and optimisation
Module 13: Hands-On Project: Design Your Zero Trust Blueprint - Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
Module 14: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Final assessment: Zero Trust mastery exam
- Submission of hands-on project for review
- Criteria for earning the Certificate of Completion
- Verifying your certificate through The Art of Service portal
- Adding certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Leveraging certification in job applications and promotions
- Connecting with peer alumni network
- Access to exclusive job board and career resources
- Advanced learning pathways: Cloud Security, SASE, ZTNA specialisation
- Recommended reading and research materials
- Annual refresh: Staying current with updates
- Contributing to Zero Trust best practice guides
- Becoming a mentor to new learners
- Speaking opportunities and conference preparation
- Building a personal brand as a Zero Trust expert
- Preparing for CISO and leadership roles
- Project objective: Create a custom Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting an enterprise scenario (finance, healthcare, retail)
- Asset inventory and classification exercise
- Threat modelling using STRIDE methodology
- Drawing current state network and access model
- Designing target state Zero Trust architecture
- Selecting appropriate identity provider
- Configuring Conditional Access policies
- Defining device compliance standards
- Segmenting critical data and applications
- Mapping data flows with access controls
- Creating logging and alerting rules
- Designing automation playbooks
- Developing a compliance validation checklist
- Presentation deck for executive review
- Receiving structured feedback on your design
