What Is Zero Trust Architecture? A Zscaler Expert Explains

Описание: What is zero trust architecture — and why are organizations replacing their VPNs with it?

Ridge IT Cyber breaks it down with Zscaler in under 1 hour.

Zero trust architecture is one of the most important shifts in enterprise cybersecurity — but most explanations bury you in acronyms before they explain anything useful.

In this session, Zscaler Director of Platform Marketing Simon Tompson breaks down zero trust from first principles: what it is, why perimeter-based security fails in a hybrid-work world, and how the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange connects users to applications without ever exposing
your network.

What you'll learn:
→ Why firewalls and VPNs create lateral movement risk — even after 30+ years of use
→ The 'never trust, always verify' principle explained without jargon
→ How zero trust connects users only to specific applications, not entire networks
→ The inside-out connection model that eliminates your public attack surface
→ How Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange works as a global security cloud
→ Where to start your zero trust journey — without ripping out existing infrastructure
→ How NIST SP 800-207, EO 14028, and DoD ZTA mandates affect your organization

Ridge IT Cyber is an elite Zscaler partner and three-time Inc. 5000 honoree protecting 2.5M+ users across 130+ countries. We work with commercial enterprises, DoD contractors, and federal agencies implementing zero trust architecture.

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• NIST SP 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/de...
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0:00 Introduction & Agenda
1:44 Why Traditional Security Is Failing
5:28 The History of Network Security
9:39 The 'Hard Crunchy Outside, Soft Chewy Center' Problem
13:18 Major Breaches — Maersk & Colonial Pipeline
17:21 What Is Zero Trust Architecture?
18:49 The NIST ZTA Framework Explained
19:40 Zscaler's 5-Step Verification Flow
23:43 The Switchboard Analogy
25:18 End User Experience with Zero Trust
28:35 Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange — Platform Deep Dive
33:19 Scale: 300B Daily Transactions, 40M+ Users
36:32 Four Solution Areas: Threat, Data, Analytics, Connectivity
38:41 AI in Cybersecurity — Threat and Defense
43:50 Where to Start Your Zero Trust Journey
48:47 Practical Next Steps
51:20 Q&A

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Ridge IT Cyber is a Tampa-based managed security service provider (MSSP) and elite partner of Zscaler, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Okta, Picus and Mimecast. Three-time Inc. 5000 honoree.Protecting 2.5M+ users across 130+ countries.

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