Zero Trust Overview and Playbook Introduction: Guidance for business, security and technology leaders and practitioners

Enhance your cybersecurity and agility with this thorough playbook, featuring actionable guidance, insights, and success criteria from industry experts
Key Features

Get simple, clear, and practical advice for everyone from CEOs to security operations
Organize your Zero Trust journey into role-by-role execution stages
Integrate real-world implementation experience with global Zero Trust standards
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Book Description

Zero Trust is cybersecurity for the digital era and cloud computing, protecting business assets anywhere on any network. By going beyond traditional network perimeter approaches to security, Zero Trust helps you keep up with ever-evolving threats.

The playbook series provides simple, clear, and actionable guidance that fully answers your questions on Zero Trust using current threats, real-world implementation experiences, and open global standards.

The Zero Trust playbook series guides you with specific role-by-role actionable information for planning, executing, and operating Zero Trust from the boardroom to technical reality.

This first book in the series helps you understand what Zero Trust is, why it’s important for you, and what success looks like. You’ll learn about the driving forces behind Zero Trust – security threats, digital and cloud transformations, business disruptions, business resilience, agility, and adaptability. The six-stage playbook process and real-world examples will guide you through cultural, technical, and other critical elements for success.

By the end of this book, you’ll have understood how to start and run your Zero Trust journey with clarity and confidence using this one-of-a-kind series that answers the why, what, and how of Zero Trust!
What you will learn

Find out what Zero Trust is and what it means to you
Uncover how Zero Trust helps with ransomware, breaches, and other attacks
Understand which business assets to secure first
Use a standards-based approach for Zero Trust
See how Zero Trust links business, security, risk, and technology
Use the six-stage process to guide your Zero Trust journey
Transform roles and secure operations with Zero Trust
Discover how the playbook guides each role to success

Who this book is for

Whether you’re a business leader, security practitioner, or technology executive, this comprehensive guide to Zero Trust has something for you. This book provides practical guidance for implementing and managing a Zero Trust strategy and its impact on every role (including yours!). This is the go-to guide for everyone including board members, CEOs, CIOs, CISOs, architects, engineers, IT admins, security analysts, program managers, product owners, developers, and managers. Don't miss out on this essential resource for securing your organization against cyber threats.
Table of Contents

Zero Trust - This Is the Way
Reading the Zero Trust Playbook Series
Zero Trust is Security for Today's World
Standard Zero Trust Capabilities
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Zero Trust
How to Scope, Size, and Start Zero Trust
What Zero Trust Success Looks Like
Adoption with the Three-Pillar Model
The Zero Trust Six-Stage Plan
Zero Trust Playbook Roles