Extending ZeroTrust to the Endpoint

With exploit kits readily available to attackers, even ‘good’ applications can go ‘bad’. Many endpoint security approaches begin by trusting everything, and monitoring for patterns or malicious behaviors, while others attempt to whitelist trusted applications and block the rest. The “Zero Trust Model” of information security coined by Forrester, has traditionally been applied to network communications, but today’s advanced cyber threats warrants a new approach in which the Zero Trust model is extended to endpoints. The same rigor must be applied on the endpoint; on the OS, on connected devices, and in memory. This is particularly important as most resources an attacker might be most interested in – data and applications – will live on the endpoint.  Join Palo Alto Networks as we examine how an organization can and should extend a “never trust, always verify” philosophy to their endpoint security.