What Is CARTA? Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust Assessment explained

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Digital services made for consumers are opening up new opportunities and vulnerabilities. With more employees bringing unmanaged devices to the office, business networks can be accessed by many more people. Plus, remote work means that an organization’s IT perimeter is no longer restricted within its walls. By Mihaela Marian.

In the article you will find information on:

  • What is Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust Assessment (CARTA)?
  • Why is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) inadequate?
  • How CARTA works
  • How CARTA relates to other risk assessments
  • How to implement Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust Assessment
  • CARTA vs. Zero-Trust

CARTA continuously evaluates all users and devices and makes contextual access decisions. It has its roots in the Zero-Trust framework, which advocates the idea that no user or device can be trusted, even if they’re already on your network. Companies with zero trust security go to great lengths to ensure that only appropriate access is granted to critical assets. Good read!

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