Why CISA wants to release a new version of its Zero Trust Maturity Model

July 29, 2022 – Published on VentureBeat

As part of the digital transformation race, cloud adoption has continued to accelerate across the enterprise. But despite its growth, the trends show many IT and security leaders are still not confident in their organization’s ability to ensure secure cloud access due to ever-evolving cybersecurity risks. 

The anxieties over ransomware threats are so high that 74% of IT decision-makers believe ransomware should be considered a matter of national security. While GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team’s (GRIT) newly released quarterly ransomware threat report — which revealed ransomware victims decreased by 34% in Q2 from Q1 — might look like a reprieve, it doesn’t reduce the threat of the rising ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) sector by any means.

As the enterprise continues to get hit by ransomware attacks with increasing complexities, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced plans to release a new version of its Zero Trust Maturity Model. 

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