ZTNA INCLUDES
Adaptive Policy Enforcement
Identity and Access Management Integration
Micro-segmentation and Privilege Restriction
Secured Web Access for Protecting Against Internet Based Threats
Modern VPN Replacement for Remote Access
What Are the Challenges Moving Towards ZTNA?
Organisations can often struggle moving towards a Zero Trust model. At Data Connect we help organisations adopt Zero Trust in a way that is clear, practical and tried and tested by our experienced network security consultants. Our team can offer practical guidance and advice to design and implement for on-premise as well as hybrid and cloud only environments.
Implementing Zero Trust can be complex. We focus on practical outcomes, not just technology. That means a phased approach tailored to your risks and priorities, strengthening identity, access, devices and data step by step, so you reduce exposure quickly without disrupting your organisation.
- Asset Discovery and Prioritisation: Helping you determine what users, devices, infrastructure, applications, data and services are in your network.
- Map and Verify Transactions: Zero Trust adoption requires understanding how different users and services interact. We help map out access flows to determine Zero Trust rulesets.
- Implementation: Develop and implement a planned migration to the Zero Trust model avoiding costly business disruptions and interruptions to live services.
- Support and Maintain: Our security operations team provide 24x7 support and management capabilities. Either working alongside your own team or for those looking to completely outsource.
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Zero Trust FAQs
ZTNA grants access based on identity and device posture rather than network location. Traditional VPNs adopt a "castle and moat” style whereby access is granted once to allow access to internal resources. A ZTNA approach on the other hand continuously reviews access rights, limits lateral movement and provides granular access control to applications rather than the full network.
Micro-segmentation divides the network into isolated zones, enforcing strict access control at the application and workload level. This limits lateral movement if an account or device is compromised. Its often fairly simple to further segment user to user communications limiting the “blast radius” in the event of a single user device being compromised.
Traditional network security assumes trust once a user is inside the network, often relying on VPNs and perimeter defences. Zero Trust removes this assumption by continuously verifying users, devices, and access requests. Access is granted based on identity, context, and risk rather than location. This reduces the risk of credential misuse, limits lateral movement, and provides stronger protection for cloud and remote access scenarios.
Zero Trust solutions can enforce identity-based policies consistently across on-premises, private and public cloud workloads. Continuous verification ensures secure access regardless of where resources reside. A ZTNA solution may be implemented centrally to do this or through the amalgamation of various ZTNA capable tools depending on the environment and requirements.
Yes. Zero Trust works alongside IAM solutions, enabling strong authentication, single sign-on and centralised policy enforcement without replacing current infrastructure. Its always worth checking that your ZTNA solution of choice supports your existing Identify solution.
Verification relies on multiple signals, including device posture, location, user behaviour, access history and threat intelligence. Policies adapt in real-time to reduce risk exposure. Many solutions can even utilise signals from other solutions such as ant-malware or threat intelligence platforms.
