Zero Trust starts with Identity. It ends with authorization. And it is centered around policy-based controls for authentication, access, and more. IAM is ubiquitous in Zero Trust. Thus, every Zero Trust implementation must follow an identity-first approach.
In this session, we look at the intersection of IAM and Zero Trust, and provide a mapping of IAM capabilities to Zero Trust requirements. We also look at the need for modern IAM, from adaptive, passwordless authentication to continuous authentication, ITPR (Identity Threat Detection and Response), PBAM (Policy Based Access Management), but also Data Governance and the intersection of IAM and Code Security. This will help you in aligning your IAM and ZT strategies and give you a concrete understanding of technologies you will need (or not).
You often think service providers should build identity and API security infrastructure by themselves to have full control and flexibility so that it can fit into their business and technology stack. But it tends to be time consuming and costly due to lack of expertise to do so. Buying a heavy-weight solution is another considerable option, but it reluctantly leads dependency on the particular vendor of the solution, which may have redundant features and may not accommodate to customize in a cost-effective and timely manner. In this session, we will discuss a third option to “buy and build” that can combine the best of both worlds and give you control by building from scratch, as well as minimize the time and resource by leveraging “Identity Components as a Service.”
By now, organizations are well aware of the need for better protecting data and application with modern access management and authentication.
Thales and Microsoft partner to help organizations going passwordless to fight against phishing attacks. Thales and Microsoft experts Sarah Lefavrais and Thomas Detzner will talk about the role of Fido and other phishing resistant authentication methods like CBA in achieving Zero Trust approach.
The Zero Trust paradigm, the approach of eliminating inherent trust in an IT architecture and always verifying, has been discussed for over a decade. It is well known that Zero Trust is a team sport, with Identity in the center. The many components, from IGA to Device Management, Network-segmentation to contextual awareness and beyond can be fulfilled by as many vendors, bearing the question about how to integrate these for a secure and convenient user experience. While there may be integrations available for some components, they will most likely be disjointed and/or require custom development, making it a challenge to be agile and innovative.
An alternative to the described problem would be Orchestrating Zero Trust, applying the approach of "Detect, Decide, Direct". Through Orchestration the task of gathering all signals and relevant information (Detect) for an appropriate authorization decision (Decide), and continuing with the proper next step(s) (Direct) can be fulfilled in a flexible manner, facilitating customization in a future proof manner.
In this session we will describe the "Detect, Decide, Direct" approach and see how Orchestration can be a key enabler of Zero Trust.
