A recent study found that while the "Zero Trust security" model is now receiving a lot of attention, most firms aren't yet prepared to use it. Instead, during the next several months, many people will concentrate on access management. In a recent poll conducted by strongDM, a provider of infrastructure access platforms, over 80% of the businesses that took part said they would prioritize access management over the following 12 months, while just 30% said Zero Trust would be a strategic priority.

One in three DevOps experts who participated in strongDM's poll of professionals said that it is the most difficult technology they have to work with, and the adoption era is only just beginning.

According to the experts of strongDM, the results indicate a persistent conundrum: Although it allows for the easy movement of containers across data centers, many businesses continue to rely on older network security measures like VPNs, which give access to anybody with the correct credentials.

Access management: Does it make harder?

Systems in a company are made more complicated, which orchestrates containerized micro services. Given that twice as many respondents mentioned cloud providers and accounts, it is not the most difficult technology that survey respondents at strongDM deal with.

However, more businesses have hastened their digital transitions after the COVID-19 epidemic fundamentally altered how all companies operate. 

As more businesses begin developing brand-new software-based systems, more people will become familiar with its difficulties, notably those relating to access management.

How Can Access Management Be Made Better?

Experts observed that access management is frequently given little attention or finance inside an organization. However, it's essential for an organization's overall security as well as its capacity to recruit and retain IT personnel. Figuring out access management is the first step toward a Zero Trust strategy if it is still your company's ultimate aim. Experts claim that the process begins with an "honest inventory." And given that their workloads operate in so many diverse settings, they concede that this is difficult for many businesses.

Adopting a Zero Trust approach is more crucial than ever as the digital revolution expands in the shape of an increasing hybrid workforce, ongoing cloud migration, and changes to security operations. A well-implemented Zero Trust architecture produces improved not only overall security levels but also lower security intricacy and operational overhead.

The Zero Trust Enterprise's construction

Although safeguarding users or use cases like ZT Network Access (ZTNA) are often linked with zero trust, a full zero trust solution includes Users, Applications, and Infrastructure.

• Users: 

As the first stage in any Zero Trust attempt, robust user identity authentication, the usage of "least access" regulations, and user device integrity verification are all necessary.

The findings of the poll show that too many teams have made compromises in the name of efficiency and productivity, exchanging passwords and SSH keys around too many individuals. This is due to slow and cumbersome rules for allowing access to infrastructure. Organizations are becoming less secure as a result of this problem, which includes the challenges associated with tracking who has exposure to what.