Zero Trust for Unmanaged Devices
The Zero Trust security model has become a mainstay of security approaches, but traditional Zero Trust controls largely overlook unmanaged and IoT devices.
Never Trust, Always Verify
It may be easy for managed computers, but implementing zero trust is different for unmanaged and IoT devices like smart TVs, printers, VoIP phones, IP cameras, medical devices, and industrial devices. Most existing security products are blind to these types of devices which:
- Don’t support security agents
- Don’t support patch management
- Don’t tolerate network scanning
- Don’t generate event logs
- Often use dangerous Telnet or HTTP
Armis Capabilities for Zero Trust Pillars
Devices
Armis provides the most comprehensive, unified asset inventory and device discovery available today. You see what each device is (make, model, location, and more) as well as the risks and software vulnerabilities on each device. Armis shares this information with your other Zero Trust systems to allow them to make better decisions about risk and network access.
Network
Armis lets you automate network segmentation by providing a wealth of information about every device in your environment including the device type, manufacturer, vulnerabilities, and each device’s communication needs. This information can be fed into your existing network infrastructure including firewalls and NAC systems. Once network segmentation has been established, Armis monitors actual traffic and alerts if/when unauthorized network bridges are created.
Visibility & Analytics
Armis monitors network traffic to detect behavioral anomalies, i.e. when a device is operating outside of its normal “known-good” baseline. This deviation can be caused by a device misconfiguration, a policy violation, abnormal behavior such as inappropriate connection requests, unusual software running on a device, or threat intelligence that indicates that the device has been compromised.
Automation & Orchestration
Armis works with your existing network, security, and management systems to trigger and automate incident response. Integrations include: wired network infrastructure (switches, routers), wireless LAN controllers, cloud integrations such as Palo Alto Networks Cortex and Cisco Meraki, firewall, network access control (NAC), SIEM, vulnerability assessment, ticketing and SOAR systems, CMDB and ITAM, and specialized systems such as the Check Point IoT Security Manager.
Data
Armis monitors each device’s data transmission and alerts when sensitive data is sent without encryption. Armis detects and alerts on data exfiltration attempts.
People
Armis integrates with existing identity service providers and associates users with devices on your network. That helps threat hunters and IT support personnel identify the names of users who are behaving in risky ways, for example using malicious software or visiting dangerous websites.
Workloads
Armis discovers, classifies, and profiles both physical and virtual servers in on-premises and/or cloud environments. Armis monitors traffic between devices and cloud environments in order to detect behavioral anomalies or traffic patterns which could be indicative of a threat or data exfiltration.
Frictionless Implementation
Discover, identify, and analyze the risk of all devices in your environment without additional hardware or agents, and keep your current network infrastructure. The Armis platform collects data using a virtual appliance that sits out-of-band and passively monitors traffic with no impact on network performance, other devices, or your users.
Traditional Endpoint Security Solutions Can Leave Gaps
EDR
Requires an agent be installed.
Limits visibility to see managed assets only during continuous monitoring and response.
UEBA
Tracks behavior of users instead of devices.
Does not look for anomalies in device behavior, only users.
Does not understand good vs. “bad” device behavior.
NAC
Discovery of devices is limited to the enterprise network.
Does not track threats or compromised devices.
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Additional Resources
Zero Trust Security for Unmanaged and IoT Devices
Watch our webinar to get an overview of Zero Trust architecture and learn how Armis secures all the devices on your network.
Armis and Network Access Control
Armis and your NAC product can help obtain complete visibility and control over unmanaged devices within your corporate environment, including Bluetooth.
Agentless EDR for Unmanaged & IoT Devices
Watch this webinar to learn how you can forge a new way forward with an agentless approach to EDR that allows you to monitor un-agentable devices.