Adapting Zero Trust for Work Environments: A Cultural Shift Towards Greater Cybersecurity

Abstract

In recent years, advancements in technology and a shift in the working culture have led to an increase in remote workers and a trend among enterprises to transfer their services to the cloud. With traditional security models, it would be more difficult to secure these complex infrastructures, despite the fact that this new norm provides numerous benefits for organisations. In addition, the use of sophisticated attack methods and artificial intelligence by malicious actors makes it more difficult to defend against adversaries. Zero trust is a new security architecture that could help organisations improve their security by introducing new methods of authenticating subjects who request information, regardless of their location within or outside the company's premises. This study will introduce the tenets and components of zero trust architecture and examine how to implement a zero trust security model in a case study organisation. The study will evaluate the organisation's current infrastructure and make recommendations based on zero trust strategies provided by authorities. In addition, the study will investigate the possible barriers that may arise during the implementation of the zero trust security model. This study will demonstrate that the case organisation has several vulnerabilities in different domains that need to be addressed using zero trust strategies. In addition, the study will show that a successful implementation of zero trust architecture in the case organisation necessitates additional employee training and the resolution of hidden problems, such as security fatigue among the employees.