Adopting Microsegmentation Into Your Zero Trust Model, Part 3

Adopting Microsegmentation Into Your Zero Trust Model, Part 3

This is the third and final part in a series on zero trust and microsegmentation. Be sure to check out Parts 1 and 2.


The customer relationship used to be circular — you marketed your products to customers, they purchased products, your company provided customer service as needed and then you marketed additional products to continue the cycle. Your company typically operated separately from other companies, especially competitors. Your organization may have occasionally partnered with another, but it was usually in name only or putting the pieces of the offering together at the end. For many businesses, the solution to safely collaborating with other businesses is through zero trust using microsegmentation.


In the first two articles of our series on microsegmentation, we focused on using this strategy as part of a zero trust approach with both internal partnerships and vendors. In this post, we will delve into how to use microsegmentation to more securely work with clients and partners.


Zero Trust: A Tool for Teamwork


Today, working in isolation just doesn’t work. From open-source development to customer-generated content, businesses now work in a much more collaborative fashion. Companies that try to operate in their own lane, separate from customers and other companies, severely limit their growth and opportunities. With digital transformation, companies now have the platforms and processes to enable more teamwork through the entire process.


Business can also focus on working with customers to co-create success, PwC found. The focus of th ..

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