While the term “Zero Trust” may immediately make you think of network security, a proper Zero Trust strategy extends beyond network. Endpoints play an important role, as they store and access data all around the world, making them vulnerable entry points for cyberattackers. With data and applications being accessed from distributed devices, the prevention-first approach and security policy should be consistent and coordinated between your endpoints and your network. Let’s explore how this works with managed endpoints.
Let’s start with a quick overview of Zero Trust: As described by Palo Alto Networks CTO Nir Zuk, “Zero Trust is an end-to-end cybersecurity strategy that spans the infrastructure. With Zero Trust, you operate under the assumption that no user, endpoint, workload, application or content can be trusted at any entity, whether it has previously been checked or will be checked later on by another entity.”
From an endpoint security perspective, this means regularly validating who owns the endpoint, where it’s being used, who is using it, what applications are running on it, and what content it’s generating. But validation alone isn’t enough. You need to safeguard your endpoints from attacks to drastically reduce the chance your endpoints are ever compromised. Within a Zero Trust framework, your endpoint strategy should include:
Cortex XDR provides everything you need to safeguard your endpoints. It combines industry-best AI and behavior-based protection to block advanced malware, exploits and fileless attacks. By integrating Cortex XDR with your existing network and cloud security from Palo Alto Networks, you can achieve consistent, coordinated security across your organization.
Going beyond traditional endpoint security tools, Cortex XDR stitches together network, endpoint and cloud data and applies machine learning to detect anomalies from softer signals. This allows Cortex XDR to uncover and stop even the stealthiest attackers, who may otherwise be able to get past each individual layer of defense.
Hear Palo Alto Networks CTO, Nir Zuk, talk more about how endpoint security fits into a Zero Trust strategy.
This post is part of a series covering “Zero Trust Throughout Your Infrastructure.”
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