
Explore the zero trust security philosophy, its universal principles, and a practical, multi-year roadmap to implement least privilege, dynamic policies, and continuous verification across networks and clouds.
Learn why zero trust is needed as threats outpace traditional perimeter security, and apply least-privilege access, micro-segmentation, and context-aware controls to protect data across cloud, remote work, and insider threats.
Explore the history and evolution of zero trust—from the 2010 Forrester paper No More Chewy Centers to Google's Beyondcorp and NIST's 2020 publication—leading to the 2021 executive order.
Explore the NIST standard 800 207 for zero trust, focusing on the policy decision point and policy enforcement point to enforce access across the data plane.
Explore zero trust architectures and how three enterprise approaches—enhanced identity governance, micro-segmentation, and network infrastructure and software design parameters—translate into device agent, enclave, resource portal, and application sandbox models.
Explore practical zero trust scenarios, from satellite facilities and multi-cloud deployments to cross-enterprise collaboration, and learn where to place the PDP, PEP, agents, and micro-segmentation.
Identify threats to zero trust architecture, including bypass attempts on PDP/PEP, stolen credentials, insider actions, visibility gaps, and vendor lock-in; mitigate with proper configuration, monitoring, MFA, and multi-location replication.
Explore a practical case study of implementing a zero trust architecture, focusing on PDP and PEP deployment, micro-segmentation, and dynamic policies.
Explore a case study re-architecting a web booking app to enforce zero trust across on-prem, Azure, and disaster recovery. Pinpoint policy decision and enforcement points to prevent lateral movement.
Some applications cannot support zero trust, so use a mixed state with a zero trust proxy and enclave to securely gate legacy systems while applying zero trust to the rest.
Implement zero trust as a staged, strategic project with management buy-in, map the environment, conduct risk assessment, and achieve incremental wins to sustain adoption.
Explore zero trust maturity models to measure your posture, identify gaps, and guide continuous improvement across identity and endpoints. Learn about Microsoft and CISA frameworks and free assessment tools.
Explore how artificial intelligence enhances zero trust with context-aware access, adaptive risk, and automated incident response, while addressing data privacy, bias, and explainability.
recognize that zero trust is the future of cybersecurity, driven by remote work and rising threats, and implement an actionable, iterative journey from traditional perimeter security model toward zero-trust architectures.
Zero Trust Security is one of the fastest emerging concepts in modern security programs. This comprehensive course is designed to provide a deep understanding of Zero Trust architecture and its implementation in modern organizations from scratch. Students will learn the principles, components, and best practices for designing and deploying a Zero Trust security model to effectively protect resources and minimize the risk of data breaches based on the NIST standard SP 800-207
What You Will Learn
The fundamental principles and components of Zero Trust architecture
The importance of Zero Trust in modern security and its benefits and challenges
Core components such as Policy Decision Point (PDP), Policy Enforcement Point (PEP), and Zero Trust proxies
NIST SP 800-207 guidelines for implementing a Zero Trust architecture
Assessing and improving Zero Trust maturity within an organization
Practical applications and case studies of real-world Zero Trust implementations
Course Outline
1. Introduction to Zero Trust
What is Zero Trust Security?
Why is Zero Trust important?
2. The NIST standard for Zero Trust
Core principles of the Zero Trust standard as per NIST SP 800-207
Different deployments of Zero Trust Architecture as per NIST SP 800-207
Case Studies showing implementation of Zero Trust architecture
3. Roadmap to Zero Trust
Implementing Zero Trust within an enterprise
Key Challenges to overcome
How to assess the maturity of a Zero Trust deployment
Who Should Take This Course
This course is designed for anyone interested in improving the security of their systems and applications, including:
CISOs
Security professionals
Cloud Security professionals
Security Architects
Anyone interested in learning about Zero Trust
Prerequisites
This course assumes a basic understanding of computer systems and software , but no prior knowledge of Zero Trust is required.
Instructor
Taimur Ijlal is a multi-award winning, information security leader with over 20+ years of international experience in cyber-security and IT risk management in the fin-tech industry. Strong knowledge of ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR, Cloud Security, DevSecOps and winner of major industry awards in the Middle East such as CISO of the year, CISO top 30, CISO top 50 and Most Outstanding Security team.