Digital threats may be closer than you realise
The IndependentDefending a perimeter is a concept that is as old as the first time anyone had something of value. “Zero trust” is a term that has been used recently to represent a set of principles that help network defenders see their home networks as hostile territory. A person who walks through a cyber-security vendor hall, or consumes marketing collateral, might come away with a lot of conclusions about exactly what “zero trust” is, but I think that the penny has finally dropped and everyone now understands that this is very important to get right. Ultimately, systems that are on-premises are there because they are sensitive – well-known examples include the Microsoft Exchange server, SolarWinds and even the holy of holies, Microsoft CA. In the case of Microsoft CA, recent research shared at the Black Hat conference has introduced tools to attack configuration weaknesses and steal root keys to forge identities in-home networks.
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