Zero Trust Architecture: NIST SP 800-207

Regulation & securityBy: Parsa Aghabarari2 min readSource: NIST, 2020
Zero Trust Architecture: NIST SP 800-207

1Introduction

Traditional security relied on a perimeter: anyone inside the network was trusted. With remote work, cloud services and sophisticated attacks, that assumption fails. NIST published SP 800-207 on Zero Trust Architecture in August 2020.

2Discussion

Its tenets: all data sources and services are resources; all communication is secured regardless of location; access is granted per session with least privilege; access decisions use dynamic policy and the state of user, device and behaviour; and the security posture of all assets is continuously monitored.

3Conclusion

Zero trust is not a product but a journey that starts with asset inventory, strong multi-factor authentication and segmented access. For financial systems, least privilege is the backbone of data protection.

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Sources

  1. NIST — SP 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture, August 2020 ↗
همفکران فناوری شریفThis article summarises the official sources cited, prepared by the Hamfekran Fanavari Sharif team for finance leaders.
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