Trust-path mapping
Where implicit trust survives: flat VLANs, legacy service accounts, always-allowed management paths, and the exceptions everyone forgot.
Cybersecurity · Security Advisory
Where does your network still trust by default?
Zero trust is a posture, not a product — and most networks that bought the tooling still have flat segments, implicit trust paths, and service accounts that bypass everything. We assess where trust actually lives in your network against NIST SP 800-207, and what an attacker inside one segment can reach.
Perimeter-only security means one phished credential or one compromised vendor box reaches everything. Verizon's 2025 DBIR reports third-party involvement in breaches doubled to 30% — flat networks turn a partner's incident into yours.
What we do
Segmentation validation
Claimed segmentation tested from inside: what a compromised host in each zone can actually reach, versus what the diagram says.
Identity & access architecture review
Authentication flows, MFA coverage, conditional access, and privileged-access paths assessed against zero-trust principles.
Roadmap, sequenced by risk
A pragmatic path to NIST SP 800-207 alignment — highest-exposure trust paths first, not a big-bang re-architecture.
How it’s delivered
01
Map
Network zones, identity flows, and trust assumptions documented.
02
Validate
Hands-on testing of segmentation and access paths.
03
Assess
Findings mapped to NIST SP 800-207 tenets.
04
Roadmap
Sequenced remediation plan with quick wins separated from projects.
Tools & standards
- Framework
- NIST SP 800-207 (Zero Trust Architecture)
- Tooling
- Nmap, Nessus, identity-provider analyzers, manual path testing
What you receive
- Trust-path map: where implicit trust remains and what it exposes
- Segmentation test results from the attacker's position
- NIST 800-207 alignment assessment
- Risk-sequenced zero-trust roadmap
Who this is for
- Security leaders whose 'zero trust initiative' bought tools but never verified posture
- Organizations with vendor and partner network access they can't fully enumerate
- IT teams planning segmentation and wanting the target architecture validated first
Ready to scope the work?
A 30-minute call with the engineers who will do the testing — not a sales gate.