Securing your digital doors

Shakespeare says to only “trust a few”. We say, trust no one – until verified.

With a Zero Trust architecture (ZTA) to cybersecurity, trust is not automatically granted. Unlike trust-based networks that open the digital door for anyone who had a key at one time, a Zero Trust approach doesn’t trust login credentials alone. With alarming rises of social engineering and credential stuffing, credit unions that take a trust-based approach are more vulnerable to these types of attacks. Fraud aside, remote work and rapidly progressive technology have ramped up the critical need for this type of security structure.

Why Zero Trust?

ZTA is a strategic effort to shut and lock digital doors against bad actors’ attempts to gain access to your credit union’s data and resources. Breaches can happen off premises (and they usually do), so this strategy protects the data inside and beyond the brick and mortar perimeter.

 

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