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Communicating the Business Value of Zero Trust
Release Date: 12/18/2023
Working Group: Zero Trust
- What is Zero Trust
- Misconceptions about Zero Trust
- What is business value
- Guiding principles for communicating business value
- 14 benefits of Zero Trust and how to best communicate them
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Acknowledgements
Saif Azwar
Founder at Secured Approach
Alex Sharpe
Managing Director at Sharpe42
Mr. Sharpe is a long-time (+30 years) Cybersecurity, Governance, and Digital Transformation expert with real-world operational experience. Mr. Sharpe has run business units and has influenced national policy. He has spent much of his career helping corporations and government agencies create value while mitigating cyber risk. This provides him a pragmatic understanding of the delicate balance between Business realities, Cybersecurity, and O...
Nya Murray
CEO of Trac-Car and Verviam IDaaS
Nya is a key contributor to the Zero Trust working group and author of several position papers published by CSA’s Software-Defined Perimeter working group. She is the CEO of Trac-Car and Verviam IDaaS and a senior information and communications technology (ICT) cloud cyber security and identity management consulting architect. Nya cons...
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Jason Garbis
Founder and Principal at Numberline Security
Jason Garbis is Founder and Principal at Numberline Security, a consulting firm helping enterprises prepare for, define, and execute on effective Zero Trust security strategies. Jason has authored several books, including Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide, is co-chair of the Zero Trust Working Group at the Cloud Security Alliance, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Jason holds a CISSP certification, has a BS in Comput...
Erik Johnson
Cloud Security Specialist & Senior Research Analyst, CSA
Worked for the Federal Reserve for many years and volunteered with the CSA with a focus on CCM/CAIQ V4, specifically the STA domain, and developing a comprehensive framework and guidance for defining and managing the cloud shared security responsibility model (SSRM).
I recently retired from the Federal Reserve and am now consulting with the CSA as a Senior Research Analyst with a focus on Zero Trust and Financial Services.
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Chris Steffen
VP of Research at Enterprise Management Associates
Chris is the director of information security/risk and compliance management for a technology industry analyst and consulting firm. He is an industry thought leader and has presented at numerous industry conferences and has been interviewed by multiple media sources. He holds over a dozen technical certifications, including CISSP and CISA.
Andrea Knoblauch
Principal, Security at Softchoice
Lars Ruddigkeit
Account Technology Strategist, Swiss FedGov
Lars Ruddigkeit completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bern in 2013 with a focus on computer-aided drug design. He began his professional career at Accenture in technology consulting in Big Data and Data Science. At UBS, he specialized in operational machine learning and cybersecurity as a machine learning architect in the Financial Service industry. He is a contributor to the Cloud Security Alliance working groups for Zero Tru...
Don O'Neil
Principal, ISTARI
Don is a leader in Zero Trust Strategy and Architecture, having founded and led a successful Zero Trust practice for a global consulting organization. Don now leads the Zero Trust practice for ISTARI, a global cyber security collective.
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