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Reference models, phased adoption, and executive framing for Zero Trust — starting with the identity pillar on Microsoft Entra ID.
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Flagship article
Start here. The identity pillar is the foundation every other Zero Trust control builds on.
A practical guide to implementing the identity pillar of Zero Trust with Microsoft Entra ID — consolidating identity, enforcing strong authentication, gating access with Conditional Access, applying least privilege with Privileged Identity Management, and analyzing risk continuously.
A Zero Trust access control guide for Microsoft Entra ID — baseline policies, MFA and device compliance, named locations, risk-based rules, guest access, break-glass safeguards, and a phased rollout.
How PIM replaces standing administrator access with just-in-time, time-bound role activation — eligible vs. active assignments, activation guardrails, licensing, and a phased rollout for Zero Trust least privilege.
Traditional MFA is bypassed by AiTM phishing, fatigue, SIM swaps, and token theft. Move to phishing-resistant MFA with device compliance, token protection, Continuous Access Evaluation, and risk-based policies.
Device compliance, attack surface reduction, and how endpoint signals feed Conditional Access decisions.
Sensitivity labels, DLP, and Insider Risk as the data pillar of Zero Trust on the Microsoft stack.
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Explore Zero Trust articles
8 guides and checklists across 4 topics.
Identity Protection: Detecting and Stopping Identity-Based Attacks (ITDR)
Identity is now the primary attack surface of the enterprise.
Identity & Access / ChecklistIdentity Security Assessment Checklist: Measure and Harden Your Zero Trust Identity Posture
Identity is the control plane of a Zero Trust strategy, which makes the state of your identity configuration one of the most important security facts about your organization.
Identity & Access / ArticlePasswordless Authentication
Passwordless authentication is the shift from proving who you are with a shared secret you can remember — a password — to proving it with something you securely possess and something you are: a cryptographic key held on a trusted device, unlocked by a biometric or PIN.
Endpoints & Intune / ArticleZero Trust Endpoint Hardening with Microsoft Intune and Defender
Endpoints are where Zero Trust meets reality.
Data & Governance / ArticleZero Trust for Microsoft 365: A Deployment Blueprint Across Identity, Devices, Apps, and Data
Zero Trust is a security strategy, not a product — an approach that assumes breach and verifies every request as though it came from an uncontrolled network: never trust, always verify.
Zero Trust Foundations / ArticleThe Zero Trust Maturity Model: A Vendor-Neutral Guide to Assessing and Advancing Zero Trust
Zero Trust is a strategy, not a product — and like any strategy, it needs a way to measure where you are and chart where you are going.
Data & Governance / ArticleZero Trust for Microsoft 365 Data with Purview
Every other Zero Trust control — identity, device, network, application — ultimately exists to protect one thing: your data.
Zero Trust Foundations / GuideThe Zero Trust Roadmap: A Phased, Vendor-Neutral Plan to Implement Zero Trust
Zero Trust is a multi-year journey, and journeys need a map.