Define the Environment
Confirm business objectives, in-scope systems, constraints, stakeholders, and evidence requirements.
Cybersecurity Architecture
Zero Trust & Microsegmentation
Translate zero-trust strategy into controls that protect real applications, users, and workflows without forcing unnecessary infrastructure replacement.
Operational Focus
Security Decisions Grounded in the Real Environment.
Zero trust succeeds when policy reflects how the environment actually operates. 18 Series Security maps application dependencies and traffic flows, identifies high-value trust boundaries, and designs segmentation that can be implemented, observed, and tuned. The result is a practical architecture that limits lateral movement while preserving legitimate business operations.
Scope Includes
- Zero-trust architecture and segmentation strategy
- Application dependency and traffic-flow analysis
- Workload, identity, and network policy design
- Firewall, VLAN, and secure-access architecture
- Hybrid and multi-environment trust-boundary reviews
- Implementation validation and policy tuning
Engagement Deliverables
- Current-state trust and traffic-flow assessment
- Target segmentation architecture
- Prioritized implementation roadmap
- Policy recommendations and validation criteria
- Executive and technical findings brief
Engagement Model
Assess. Execute. Verify.
Perform the Work
Assess, test, or design against the agreed scope while maintaining clear communication and operational discipline.
Prove the Outcome
Deliver evidence-backed findings, practical next steps, and verification criteria for remediation or control implementation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What to Expect.
Does zero trust require replacing the existing network?
Not necessarily. The engagement begins with the current environment and identifies where existing identity, firewall, network, cloud, and workload controls can support the target architecture.
How is disruption reduced during segmentation?
Dependencies and expected traffic are reviewed before enforcement. Controls can then be staged, observed, and tuned against legitimate application behavior.
Can the assessment include Kubernetes and cloud workloads?
Yes. The architecture can span traditional networks, cloud platforms, Kubernetes clusters, users, and workloads when those environments are in scope.
Engage
Define the Scope. Protect the Mission.
Scope, timeline, and methodology are determined after an initial assessment of your specific threat environment. Reach out directly to begin.