Zero Trust Platform
What is a Zero Trust Platform?
A Zero Trust platform helps protect your business by assuming that no application, script, or user should be trusted automatically. Instead, only approved applications and actions are allowed to run. ACT’s Zero Trust security services use application allowlisting, ringfencing, storage control, and elevated privilege management to block unauthorized applications, prevent ransomware from executing, control scripts and executables, restrict unnecessary user privileges, and enforce Zero Trust security policies across your environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is application allowlisting?
Application allowlisting is a security approach that allows only approved applications to run on a device. Instead of trying to identify and block every possible threat, it prevents unknown or unauthorized software from executing in the first place.
What is ringfencing in cybersecurity?
Ringfencing controls what an approved application is allowed to do after it launches. For example, an application may be permitted to run while being restricted from accessing sensitive files, launching other programs, communicating with certain resources, or performing actions it does not normally need.
What is storage control?
Storage control helps organizations manage how removable and external storage devices can interact with company systems. These controls can reduce the risk of unauthorized data transfers and malicious files being introduced through external storage devices.
What is elevated privilege management?
Elevated privilege management controls when users and applications receive administrative privileges. By limiting unnecessary admin access, organizations can reduce the ability of malicious software or compromised accounts to make unauthorized changes to systems.
Why should businesses restrict administrator privileges?
Administrator accounts have greater ability to install software, change settings, and modify systems. Restricting elevated privileges helps reduce the damage an attacker or malicious application can cause if an account or device is compromised.
Can Zero Trust block scripts and executables?
Yes. Zero Trust security controls can restrict unauthorized scripts, executables, and applications based on established policies, helping prevent malicious or unapproved code from running on company devices.
What is the difference between Zero Trust and antivirus?
Traditional antivirus primarily looks for known or suspicious threats. Zero Trust application control takes a different approach by determining what applications and actions are permitted in the first place. The technologies can work together as different layers of an organization’s cybersecurity strategy.