Zero Trust Security

  1. Core Pillars of Zero Trust Architecture
    1. Identity
      1. Identity Fundamentals
        1. Digital Identity Concepts
          1. Identity Lifecycle
            1. Identity Proofing
            2. Verifying Users and Non-Human Entities
              1. Human Users
                1. Service Accounts
                  1. Machine Identities
                    1. Application Identities
                    2. Strong Authentication Foundation
                      1. Multi-Factor Authentication
                        1. Knowledge Factors
                          1. Possession Factors
                            1. Inherence Factors
                              1. Location Factors
                                1. Time Factors
                                2. Passwordless Authentication
                                  1. Biometric Authentication
                                    1. Hardware Security Keys
                                      1. Certificate-Based Authentication
                                      2. Adaptive Authentication
                                        1. Risk-Based Authentication
                                          1. Contextual Authentication
                                            1. Behavioral Authentication
                                          2. Centralized Identity and Access Management
                                            1. Directory Services
                                              1. Active Directory Integration
                                                1. LDAP Services
                                                  1. Cloud Directory Services
                                                  2. Federation and Single Sign-On
                                                    1. SAML Federation
                                                      1. OAuth and OpenID Connect
                                                        1. Cross-Domain Trust
                                                        2. Identity Providers
                                                          1. Enterprise Identity Providers
                                                            1. Social Identity Providers
                                                              1. Third-Party Identity Services
                                                            2. Identity Lifecycle Management
                                                              1. Provisioning and Deprovisioning
                                                                1. Automated Provisioning
                                                                  1. Just-in-Time Provisioning
                                                                    1. Account Lifecycle Automation
                                                                    2. Access Control Models
                                                                      1. Role-Based Access Control
                                                                        1. Attribute-Based Access Control
                                                                          1. Policy-Based Access Control
                                                                          2. Identity Governance
                                                                            1. Access Reviews and Certification
                                                                              1. Segregation of Duties
                                                                                1. Identity Analytics
                                                                            2. Devices and Endpoints
                                                                              1. Device Identity and Trust
                                                                                1. Device Registration
                                                                                  1. Device Certificates
                                                                                    1. Hardware-Based Identity
                                                                                    2. Device Health and Compliance Validation
                                                                                      1. Device Posture Assessment
                                                                                        1. Patch and Vulnerability Management
                                                                                          1. Configuration Compliance
                                                                                            1. Malware Detection
                                                                                            2. Endpoint Security Controls
                                                                                              1. Endpoint Protection Platforms
                                                                                                1. Anti-Malware Solutions
                                                                                                  1. Host-Based Firewalls
                                                                                                    1. Application Control
                                                                                                    2. Device Types and Management
                                                                                                      1. Corporate-Owned Devices
                                                                                                        1. Laptops and Desktops
                                                                                                          1. Mobile Devices
                                                                                                            1. Servers and Workstations
                                                                                                            2. Personal Devices
                                                                                                              1. BYOD Management
                                                                                                                1. Personal Device Policies
                                                                                                                2. IoT and Specialized Devices
                                                                                                                  1. Industrial IoT Devices
                                                                                                                    1. Medical Devices
                                                                                                                      1. Smart Building Systems
                                                                                                                    2. Continuous Device Monitoring
                                                                                                                      1. Device Telemetry Collection
                                                                                                                        1. Behavioral Analysis
                                                                                                                          1. Anomaly Detection
                                                                                                                            1. Real-Time Health Monitoring
                                                                                                                            2. Device Management Platforms
                                                                                                                              1. Mobile Device Management
                                                                                                                                1. Unified Endpoint Management
                                                                                                                                  1. Enterprise Mobility Management
                                                                                                                                    1. Configuration Management Tools
                                                                                                                                  2. Networks
                                                                                                                                    1. Network Security Fundamentals
                                                                                                                                      1. Network Segmentation Principles
                                                                                                                                        1. Traffic Flow Analysis
                                                                                                                                          1. Network Topology Considerations
                                                                                                                                          2. Zero Trust Network Principles
                                                                                                                                            1. Assuming Network Hostility
                                                                                                                                              1. Encrypted Communications
                                                                                                                                                1. Least Privilege Network Access
                                                                                                                                                2. Network Access Controls
                                                                                                                                                  1. Zero Trust Network Access
                                                                                                                                                    1. Application-Level Access
                                                                                                                                                      1. Brokered Connections
                                                                                                                                                        1. Dynamic Tunneling
                                                                                                                                                        2. Software-Defined Perimeter
                                                                                                                                                          1. Network Cloaking
                                                                                                                                                            1. Dynamic Access Control
                                                                                                                                                              1. Encrypted Tunnels
                                                                                                                                                            2. Network Segmentation Strategies
                                                                                                                                                              1. Micro-segmentation
                                                                                                                                                                1. Granular Network Controls
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Workload Isolation
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Policy Enforcement Points
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Macro-segmentation
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Zone-Based Segmentation
                                                                                                                                                                        1. VLAN Segmentation
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Subnet Isolation
                                                                                                                                                                        2. Preventing Lateral Movement
                                                                                                                                                                          1. East-West Traffic Controls
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Inter-Segment Communication
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Network Monitoring and Detection
                                                                                                                                                                              2. Network Visibility and Analytics
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Network Traffic Analysis
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Flow Monitoring
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Intrusion Detection and Prevention
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Network Forensics
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Applications and Workloads
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Application Security Fundamentals
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Application Architecture Security
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Secure Development Practices
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Application Threat Modeling
                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Application Access Controls
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Application Authentication
                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Application Authorization
                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Session Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Application Gateway Controls
                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. API Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. API Authentication and Authorization
                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. API Gateway Protection
                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. API Rate Limiting
                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. API Monitoring and Analytics
                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Modern Application Architectures
                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Container Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Container Image Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Container Runtime Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Container Orchestration Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Microservices Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Service-to-Service Authentication
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Service Mesh Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Inter-Service Communication
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Serverless Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Function-Level Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Event-Driven Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Serverless Monitoring
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Application Vulnerability Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Secure Software Development Lifecycle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Static Application Security Testing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Dynamic Application Security Testing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Interactive Application Security Testing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Application Patching and Updates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Legacy Application Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Legacy System Challenges
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Wrapper Solutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Proxy-Based Protection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Data
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Data Security Fundamentals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Data Lifecycle Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Data Governance Principles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Data Privacy Concepts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Data Discovery and Classification
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Data Discovery Tools
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Automated Classification
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Data Inventory Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Sensitive Data Identification
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Data Protection Controls
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Encryption at Rest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Database Encryption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. File System Encryption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Storage Encryption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Encryption in Transit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Transport Layer Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Application-Level Encryption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. End-to-End Encryption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Key Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Key Generation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Key Distribution
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Key Rotation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Key Escrow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Data Access Governance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Data Access Policies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Data Minimization Principles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Purpose Limitation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Data Retention Policies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Data Loss Prevention
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Content Inspection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Policy Creation and Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Monitoring and Enforcement
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Incident Response
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Advanced Data Protection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Tokenization
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Data Masking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Format Preserving Encryption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Homomorphic Encryption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Visibility and Analytics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Monitoring Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Data Collection Points
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Monitoring Coverage Assessment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Logging and Event Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Log Collection and Aggregation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Log Normalization
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Log Retention and Archival
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Log Analysis Techniques
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Threat Detection and Response
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Security Information and Event Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Event Correlation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Alert Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Incident Tracking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Threat Intelligence Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Threat Feeds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Indicator Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Threat Hunting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Behavioral Analytics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. User and Entity Behavior Analytics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Baseline Behavior Modeling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Anomaly Detection Techniques
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Risk Scoring
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Machine Learning Applications
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Supervised Learning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Unsupervised Learning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Deep Learning Techniques
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Real-Time Analytics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Alert Prioritization
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Notification Systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Dashboard and Reporting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Automation and Orchestration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Security Automation Fundamentals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Automation Strategy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Process Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Decision Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Policy Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Automated Policy Enforcement
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Policy Engines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Real-Time Access Decisions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Policy Lifecycle Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Threat Response Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Automated Containment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Remediation Playbooks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Incident Response Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Recovery Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Security Orchestration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Security Orchestration Platforms
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Workflow Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Tool Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Case Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Integration with Security Operations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. SOAR Platform Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Playbook Development
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Automation Testing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Performance Monitoring

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