Page 21 of the DSE Cybersecurity knowledge center, with source-backed guidance and practical next steps.
Source-backed guidance for identity, vulnerability reduction, ransomware readiness, detection, response, and recovery.
NIST zero trust architecture removes implicit trust based on network location or ownership and makes access to each resource an explicit identity, device, context, and policy decision.
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CISA’s maturity model organizes zero-trust progress across Identity, Devices, Networks, Applications and Workloads, and Data with visibility, automation, and governance spanning each pillar.
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Current joint guidance centers effective logging on approved policy, centralized collection and correlation, protected log integrity, and detections designed for relevant threats.
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NIST’s durable log-management structure starts with policy, organization-wide responsibility, infrastructure, operating processes, and supported staff—not a particular analytics product.
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Protective DNS can apply threat-informed policy to domain lookups, but selection must also address availability, privacy, logging, hybrid coverage, integrations, and traffic that bypasses DNS.
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Procurement should evaluate how a connected product will be configured, updated, supported, monitored, reset, and retired—not only whether it performs its primary function.
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Apply Axis hardening as a repeatable baseline: inventory devices, choose a supported AXIS OS track, control access and services, segment networks, monitor changes, and validate video workflows.
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Moving reader communications to OSDP Secure Channel requires exact component and firmware inventory, supported key handling, staged deployment, operational testing, and a documented recovery path.
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Find public-facing assets, confirm why each exposure exists, remove what is unnecessary, protect what must remain, and repeat the assessment as the environment changes.
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Conditional Access can combine identity, device, application, and location signals to enforce access controls. Report-only evaluation, emergency access, test users, licensing checks, and phased activation are essential to avoid unintended lockout.
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