Training Course: A Practical Approach to Zero Trust
New self-paced training from the Zero Trust experts at Numberline
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Zero Trust delivers demonstrably better security outcomes than traditional models, but knowing that and actually implementing it are two very different things. Most enterprises struggle not with the “why” of Zero Trust, but with the “how.” Where do you start? How do you assess where you stand today? How do you build a strategy that earns stakeholder support and avoids analysis paralysis?
This course provides the answers.
A Practical Approach to Zero Trust: Part 1: Planning is a self-paced training course that walks you through the first two phases of Numberline’s proven Zero Trust Blueprint: Assessment and Strategy. Through video instruction, hands-on exercises, and interactive tools, you’ll learn the foundational steps that every successful Zero Trust initiative requires, and you’ll begin applying them to your own enterprise immediately.
What You’ll Learn
This course covers the planning stages of the Zero Trust Blueprint, giving you practical skills and ready-to-use frameworks across four key areas:
Readiness Assessment: Evaluate whether your organization has the leadership alignment, resources, and strategic clarity needed to launch a successful Zero Trust initiative. You’ll work through the assessment framework, interpret realistic results, and understand what actions to take based on your findings.
Zero Trust Maturity Assessment: Learn to assess your enterprise using Numberline’s advanced Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM+), an enhanced and extended version of the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model. You’ll get hands-on experience navigating the maturity model tool, scoring your enterprise, and identifying strengths to build on and gaps to address.
Zero Trust Vision: Create a clear, non-technical Zero Trust Vision statement that communicates the “why” to internal stakeholders, including executives, business leaders, and cross-functional teams. You’ll learn the structure of an effective vision and practice building one for your organization.
Zero Trust Program Definition: Design a structured Zero Trust Program tailored to your enterprise, including governance, scope, and success criteria. You’ll see how program definition choices flow directly from your assessment results and vision, and why getting this right is critical for sustained momentum.
Course Details
Instructors: Jason Garbis and Jerry Chapman, co-founders of Numberline Security and co-authors of Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide
Format: Self-paced video lessons with hands-on exercises and interactive tools
Duration: Approximately 2.5 hours of video instruction, plus exercise time
Structure: 4 sections, 13 lessons, 4 hands-on exercises
Prerequisites: None. This course is designed for information security professionals, network security architects, and enterprise security leaders at all levels of Zero Trust familiarity.
What Makes This Course Different
This isn’t a theoretical overview of Zero Trust concepts. Every lesson is tied to a concrete step in the Zero Trust Blueprint, and every exercise produces a real output you can build on. A fictional enterprise, ACME, is used throughout to illustrate realistic scenarios, results, and decision-making, so you can see not just what to do, but why it matters.
The course is built on the same methodology Numberline has used in its successful Zero Trust advisory engagements with enterprises worldwide, so you’ll be learning from practitioners who do this work every day.
This Is Part One of a Two-Part Series
This course covers the Assessment and Strategy phases of the Zero Trust Blueprint. Part 2 will cover the Roadmap and Execution phases, taking you from strategic planning through to implementation. Stay tuned for its upcoming release.
Get Started
Ready to move your Zero Trust initiative forward with a structured, proven approach?
Purchase the course here. Have questions, or interested in how Numberline’s consulting services can complement your training? Contact us at info@numberlinesecurity.com