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What Is Zero Trust

Zero Trust has become one of cybersecurity’s most used buzzwords.

“never trust, always verify”

Zero Trust was created based on the realization that traditional security models operate on the outdated assumption that everything inside an organization’s network should be implicitly trusted.

Zero-Trust-Diagram

Zero Trust Devices

Addresses the need to isolate, secure and control all network-connected-devices, which have proliferated with the ascend of mobility and the use of Internet, creating an enormous vulnerability for attackers to exploit.

Zero Trust Data

Refers to methodologies for classifying and categorizing data, combined with technology solutions for securing and manage data including encryption of data in transit and at rest.

Zero Trust Networks

Refers to the ability to segment networks or isolate network assets and control communications among them. A critical issue in a Zero Trust approach.

Zero Trust Workload

Means securing the front-to-back application stacks that run critical business processes.

Zero Trust People

Encompasses strategies to limit and enforce users access, including technologies for authenticating users and continuously monitoring and governing their access privileges.

Traditional Security Vs Zero Trust

Traditional Security Vs Zero Trust

Using a Firewall will solve always the first approach, but we need to go further, not in more software, but in configuration and rules, specially for the IBM i.

It is really important to know all the advantages that we can have when configuring correctly the Firewall for an IBM i.

Firewall Protection

  • Incoming and outgoing TCP/IP address filtering for Internet, FTP, REXEC, Telnet, and DHCP
  • Subnet mask filtering
  • Remote system (SNA) firewall protection for DDM, DRDA and Passthrough operations
  • Powerful Intrusion Detection that enables Firewall to trigger proactive responses to the security administrator by MSGQ and email
  • DHCP request packet validation

User Security

  • User-to-server security for all server functions and exit points
  • Prevents users from performing specific actions
  • Verb support provides control over commands for specific servers
  • Internal profile groups simplify rule creation for specific user groups
  • DDM/DRDA security including pre- post- validation user swapping
  • Protection over user sign-on from Telnet
  • Limit user access to specific IPs and terminals
  • Login control for FTP, REXEC, WSG and Pass-through
  • User-definable exit program support (global and per server)
  • User management and statistics tools ease system and security tasks

Object Security

  • Controls object access at the level of specific action, such as read, write, delete, rename, and run
  • Secures native O/S 400 and IFS objects
  • Protects files, libraries, programs, commands, data queues and print files
  • Definable rule exceptions for specific users
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