Security News > 2023 > February > Reimagining zero trust for modern SaaS

While zero trust can be an effective approach to security, it can also present some challenges, particularly when it comes to implementing it for software as a service due to the fast pace of its adoption, distributed ownership of SaaS applications across organizations, and the shared responsibility model between a SaaS vendor and a customer.

The traditional approach to SaaS security challenges has been to use a cloud access security broker and/or identity provider to manage access to SaaS applications.

These combined solutions help to simplify the implementation of zero trust principles to SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Workday, and make it easier to manage access and security at the points of both authentication and authorization.

Due to the shared responsibility model for securing SaaS services, the infrastructure is managed by the service provider, which can make it more difficult if not impossible to apply zero trust principles to it.

What is the key to building a scalable zero trust model for the modern SaaS?

By working closely with them, security teams can gain visibility into all applications across their organization's diverse and complex SaaS environment and ensure zero trust security guardrails are in place without disrupting either the pace of adopting and configuring SaaS applications or the pace of the business itself.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/02/13/reimagining-zero-trust-for-modern-saas/