The document explains the concept of Zero Trust, emphasizing the need to eliminate implicit trust and focus on protecting individual resources, particularly in distributed environments. It discusses a dynamic security model that evaluates trust based on each transaction, and highlights the importance of monitoring data access while addressing vulnerabilities in legacy systems. The BrickStor SP solution is presented as an effective measure to enhance data security by integrating safety without compromising performance.

1. NIST Zero Trust Explained
from a Data Perspective

2. What is Zero Trust?
▪ Eliminates implicit trust
▪ Move from perimeter network
defense to focusing on and
protecting individual or small
groups of resources.
▪ Important for protecting data
resources in distributed
(perimeter less) environments.
(Cloud, Work from Home, BYOD)
▪ Evaluate trust based on each
transaction.
▪ Dynamic security model
Moving from static to dynamic security

3. Do you let your kid
go to the party?
https://www.racktopsystems.com/videos/nist-zero-trust-explained/
Zero trust in day-to-day life
Questions
• Where is the party?
• Who is going with you?
• When will you be home?
• Do the parents know?
• Will the parents be there?
Situational Factors
• Has my kid been well behaved recently
• Has he been in trouble with this group before
• Does he seem like he is being honest

4. Files Are a Critical
Enterprise Resource
Zero Trust Architecture for IT
▪ Enable zero trust principles around file
access
▪ Zero trust moves from a static security
and permissions model to a dynamic
security model
▪ Evaluate each request to read, modify
or write a file

5. File access denied or granted?
NIST Zero Trust Architecture

6. Implement Zero Trust
Focus on the data
▪ Legacy storage and file shares are the weakest link
when it comes to data security.
▪ BrickStor SP solves that problem by baking in security
without sacrificing performance, resulting in
a data centric Zero Trust architecture.
▪ Monitor and evaluate every data operation in real
time.
▪ Automatically stop suspicious and malicious activity.
Some security products just protect the
network, but the bad guys steal data,
not the network.
We believe every organization has the
right to protect their data as if it were a
national secret.

7. BrickStor SP Active Defense in Action
Watch BrickStor SP stop a Ryuk Ransomware Attack
https://www.racktopsystems.com/videos/stop-ryuk-ransomware-with-active-defense/

8. Learn More
https://www.racktopsystems.com/brickstor-sp/