During the recent Data Center summit,\u00a0two of\u00a0the most common questions were how to get more information on the Forrester Research Zero Trust architecture and how to implement a Zero Trust network architecture with Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls.<\/p>\n
For those of you who have not heard of the Zero Trust network architecture, it is a new security framework advocated by Forrester Principal Analyst John Kindervag <\/a>placing security at the core of the network and building all other network elements around it. This security-centric approach advocates a number of principles to design a secure and flexible network:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The heart of the architecture is a network segmentation gateway that provides high-performance capabilities to inspect all traffic, enforce access control and protect against all threats. It incorporates security functions like firewalling, IPS, VPN gateway and more\u2026If this network segmentation gateway sounds a lot like a next-generation firewall, it\u2019s because it is. Only a next-generation firewall can deliver all these security functions without impacting performance.<\/p>\n We're\u00a0pleased to provide a Zero Trust Solution Brief<\/strong> that walks through how the Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls can serve as the Zero Trust network segmentation gateway. In collaboration with Forrester Research, for a short period of time, the Zero Trust research reports by John Kindervag that describe this architecture in detail are also available to you!<\/p>\n\n