Guide
A Practitioner’s Guide to the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model
The CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model offers a structured approach to implement zero trust cybersecurity, breaking it down into four levels from Traditional to Optimal. The model, especially valuable for organizations daunted by the complexity of zero trust frameworks, provides detailed guidance across five key pillars—Identity, Devices, Networks, Applications and Workloads, Data—and three cross-cutting capabilities: Visibility and Analytics, Automation and Orchestration, Governance. This actionable framework assists organizations in assessing their current maturity, constructing customized step-by-step plans, and tracking progress, thus simplifying the journey towards a robust zero trust architecture.