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Zero Trust Strategic Alignment
Create a common vision with your stakeholders in four steps
1. Setting Risk-Reducing KPIs
The foundation of a successful SASE transformation begins with setting clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) focused on reducing risk and enabling profitability through stable, flexible and secure digitalization. Important takeaway that all companies should be setting KPI-s on security and reducing the risk of a potential cyber-attack with downtime, if a company is not equipped with KPI-s around this topic are more likely to be attacked then peers.1.
2. Capability matching
Once KPIs are established, the next step is to break them down into smaller, digestible pieces that can be matched with the necessary capabilities. This ensures that each KPI is actionable and that your organization is equipped with the right tools and processes to achieve these goals. The capabilities provide valueable input for the target state architecture as well as organisational change management.
3. Align on target state architecture
Important factor that transformational projects overlap the classical IT silos that have been built in the past decades, in case of Zero Trust Security usually the security or the network team is the champion,however for successful implementation other teams such as cloud, client, classic infra teams should beinvolved to reach a TSA that is agreed and doable, while matching the needs and KPI-s of theorganization.
4. Commiting to Success with a Roadmap
A successful transformation requires a clear roadmap that outlines the steps to achieve your Target State Architecture. This roadmap acts as a commitment to success, detailing the key milestones, timelines, and resources required to drive the transformation to the end.
FAQ on impacts
What is the impact of not setting KPIs around Zero Trust Transformation?
Not setting the right KPIs for the transformation may result in unclear expectations from the management towards the delivery teams, causing misalignment and confusion
What is the impact not mapping the capabilities required for the KPIs?
With out mapping the capabilities the project will have suprises during the implementation and operationalization phase regarding resources cost and time.
What if my Target State Architecture is not fully aligned?
Leaving stakeholders out, may result in the transformation viewed as somebody's agenda rather then a common goal by the larger organization. People will be either resentful, not make it a priority or even worse buying overlapping products
What if we don't have a Roadmap?
Missing the step to create a roadmap will drive uncertainty where the organization is heading in regards of it's zero trust strategy, and lack of commitment will lenghten the time to implement.
Why Choose Nextrust?
At Nextrust, we have already pioneered the path for a successful Zero Trust implementation at multiple customers. The lessons learned are perfected into frameworks that can be re-used to avoid common pittfalls and reduce the time to market significantly.