Zero Trust SIM Boosts BYOD Security

Sep 27, 2022 04:00 pm Cyber Security 121

For years companies have been allowing their workers to mix business and pleasure on their mobile devices, a move that’s increased anxiety among cybersecurity professionals. Now a network security outfit says it has a way to secure personal mobile devices that might allow cyber warriors to sleep less fitfully.

Cloudflare on Monday announced its Zero Trust SIM, which is designed to secure every packet of data leaving a mobile device. After it’s installed on a device, the ZT SIM sends network traffic from the device to Cloudflare’s cloud where its Zero Trust security policies can be applied to the data.

According to a company blog written by Cloudflare Director of Product Matt Silverlock and Innovation Head James Allworth, by combining software layer and network layer security through ZT SIM, organizations can benefit by:

Preventing employees from visiting phishing and malware sites. DNS requests leaving the device can automatically and implicitly use Cloudflare Gateway for DNS filtering.

Mitigating common SIM attacks. An eSIM-first approach can prevent SIM-swapping or cloning attacks, and by locking SIMs to individual employee devices, bring the same protections to physical SIMs.

Deploying rapidly. The eSIM can be installed by scanning a QR code with a mobile phone’s camera.

Distrust of Personal Devices

“A lot of organizations don’t trust devices that they’re not managing to access sensitive corporate data for a lot of good reasons,” observed Gartner Senior Director Analyst Charlie Winckless.

“Most of us are a little less carefu ..

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