
Zero Trust Security
A Hands-on Guide
by Adam Tilmar Jakobsen
1st Edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781394361090 |
| eText ISBN | 9781394361106 |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publishing Year | 2026 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 224 |
Zero Trust Security: A Hands-on Guide, 1st Edition connects theoretical concepts to direct implementation by following the scenario of a fictional manufacturing company. Author Adam Tilmar Jakobsen shows how technical teams evaluate architectural principles to replace outdated network defenses. This text primarily targets security architects, cyber security practitioners, and IT managers seeking structured deployment strategies.
The book demonstrates how an organization can transition systematically from a flat network infrastructure to a fully realized Zero Trust architecture. During this structural shift, the material explicitly explains why traditional perimeter security is inefficient for modern environments and identifies the specific factors that cause Zero Trust projects to fail.
Practical implementation exercises throughout the volume utilize included Docker environments and specialized configuration files. This applied methodology provides direct practice for DevOps engineers, compliance officers, and students in related technical disciplines who build and verify secure systems.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Use Case: Juice Factory
- • 1.1 Company Profile
- • 1.2 Getting to Know the Business and Finding the Crown Jewels
Chapter 2: Zero Trust
- • 2.1 Why Perimeter Security Is Insufficient
- • 2.2 Zero Trust: Principles
- • 2.3 NIST SP 800-207: Zero Trust Security Architecture
- • 2.4 Implementing Zero Trust
- • 2.5 Why Zero Trust Projects Fail
- • 2.6 Applying Zero Trust to Juice Factory
- • 2.7 Processes and Procedures
- • 2.8 Summary
Chapter 3: Docker
- • 3.1 Installing Docker on Windows
- • 3.2 Handling Containers with Docker
- • 3.3 Docker Compose
- • 3.4 Summary
Chapter 4: Initial Design of the Juice Factory Network
- • 4.1 Services and Docker Images
- • 4.2 Summary
Chapter 5: Network Segmentation and Network Security
- • 5.1 Segmenting the Network
- • 5.2 Key Technologies for Network Segmentation
- • 5.3 Implementing Network Segmentation
- • 5.4 Segmenting the Juice Factory Network
- • 5.5 IPv 6
- • 5.6 Web Proxy
- • 5.7 Summary
Chapter 6: Network Monitoring
- • 6.1 What Traffic to Monitor?
- • 6.2 Techniques for Monitoring
- • 6.3 Implementing Network Monitoring with Suricata
- • 6.4 Blackhole and Darknet
- • 6.5 Summary
Chapter 7: Identity Access Management and Jump Box
- • 7.1 Identity Access Management
- • 7.2 Multi-factor Authentication
- • 7.3 Credential Rotation
- • 7.4 Single Sign-on
- • 7.5 Applying Zero Trust to IAM
- • 7.6 Importance of Separation of Duties
- • 7.7 Jump Box
- • 7.8 Summary
Chapter 8: Endpoint Detection and Response
- • 8.1 Core EDR Components
- • 8.2 Comparison to Traditional AV
- • 8.3 Adding EDR to Our ZTA
- • 8.4 Velociraptor: An Open-source EDR
- • 8.5 Deployment of Velociraptor in Our Environment
- • 8.6 Working with Velociraptor
- • 8.7 Application Allow Listing
- • 8.8 Summary
Chapter 9: Security Information and Event Management
- • 9.1 SIEM Architecture
- • 9.2 Log Collection
- • 9.3 Data Processing Engine
- • 9.4 Log Enrichment
- • 9.5 Storage and Retention
- • 9.6 Analysis and Visualisation Interface
- • 9.7 What to Log?
- • 9.8 Zero Trust SIEM
- • 9.9 Implementing SIEM with ELK
- • 9.10 Analyse Logs with Kibana
- • 9.11 Incident Response
- • 9.12 Detection Tuning
- • 9.13 Sigma
- • 9.14 Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response
- • 9.15 Managed Security Service Provider
- • 9.16 Summary
Chapter 10: Vulnerability Management
- • 10.1 Vulnerability Scanner
- • 10.2 Zero Trust Vulnerability Management
- • 10.3 Deployment of Nessus Within Our Docker Environment
- • 10.4 Summary
Chapter 11: DevSecOps and Web Protection
- • 11.1 The CALMS Framework
- • 11.2 OWASP Top 10
- • 11.3 Applying Zero Trust to the Development Process: Static and Dynamic Code Analysis
- • 11.4 Web Application Firewall
- • 11.5 Software Bill of Material
- • 11.6 Applying DevSecOps to Security
- • 11.7 Summary
Chapter 12: What About People?
- • 12.1 Culture
- • 12.2 Tabletop Exercise
- • 12.3 Summary
Chapter 13: Journey from Flat Network to Zero Trust
- • 13.1 Cloud
- • 13.2 All That We Have Achieved So Far
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