Trust-path mapping
Where implicit trust survives: flat VLANs, legacy service accounts, always-allowed management paths, and the exceptions everyone forgot.
Cybersecurity · Security Advisory
Where does your network still trust by default?
Zero trust is a posture, not a product — and most networks that bought the tooling still have flat segments, implicit trust paths, and service accounts that bypass everything. We assess where trust actually lives in your network against NIST SP 800-207, and what an attacker inside one segment can reach.
Independent quality engineering & cybersecurity since 2020 — 100+ security & quality engineers, delivering on platforms we build and run ourselves.
Perimeter-only security means one phished credential or one compromised vendor system reaches everything. Verizon's 2025 DBIR reports that third-party involvement in breaches doubled to 30% — flat networks turn a partner's incident into yours.
What we do
Segmentation validation
Claimed segmentation tested from inside: what a compromised host in each zone can actually reach, versus what the diagram says.
Identity & access architecture review
Authentication flows, MFA coverage, conditional access, and privileged-access paths assessed against zero-trust principles.
Roadmap, sequenced by risk
A pragmatic path to NIST SP 800-207 alignment — highest-exposure trust paths first, not an all-at-once re-architecture.
How it’s delivered
01
Map
Network zones, identity flows, and trust assumptions documented.
02
Validate
Hands-on testing of segmentation and access paths.
03
Assess
Findings mapped to NIST SP 800-207 tenets.
04
Roadmap
Sequenced remediation plan with quick wins separated from projects.
Tools & standards
- Framework
- NIST SP 800-207 (Zero Trust Architecture)
- Tooling
- Nmap, Nessus, identity-provider analyzers, manual path testing
What you receive
- Trust-path map: where implicit trust remains and what it exposes
- Segmentation test results from the attacker's position
- NIST 800-207 alignment assessment
- Risk-sequenced zero-trust roadmap
Engagement
Ways to engage the same senior bench
Buy it as a scoped project, embed it in your team, or run it as a managed service — same engineers, same governance, whichever shape fits.
Point-in-time assessment
A scoped, one-time assessment with a full report and one retest — for a release gate, a customer or audit requirement, or an annual baseline.
Standing program
Recurring assessment cycles aligned to your release cadence, with retesting each cycle so the evidence stays current across surveillance audits.
On-demand scope additions
Add an application, API, or environment to an existing program without re-contracting — scoped and started in days, not procurement cycles.
Who this is for
- Security leaders whose 'zero trust initiative' bought tools but never verified posture
- Organizations with vendor and partner network access they can't fully enumerate
- IT teams planning segmentation and wanting the target architecture validated first
Common questions
We already bought zero-trust tooling — why assess?
Buying the tools and achieving the posture are different things. Most networks that bought zero-trust still have flat segments, legacy service accounts, and implicit-trust paths. We test what a compromised host in each zone can actually reach, against NIST SP 800-207.
What do we get out of it?
A trust-path map, segmentation results from the attacker's position, a NIST 800-207 alignment assessment, and a risk-sequenced roadmap that separates quick wins from projects.
How are our data and the findings handled?
Engagements run under NDA, and engineers who handle client data undergo background checks. Findings and reports are shared through channels agreed at scoping and are not retained beyond the period needed to deliver and support the engagement. Data-handling specifics — storage, encryption, retention, and destruction — are documented in your service agreement; see the Trust page for our posture.
One practice, not one vendor
This is one stage of a single assurance loop: findings become regression tests, and their indicators become live detections — so a problem, once fixed, can’t quietly come back. That’s what you get from one integrated partner that a stack of separate vendors can’t. See how the loop connects →
Ready to scope the work?
A 30-minute call with the engineers who will do the testing — not a sales gate.