In this interview with DIGIT, Barry Daniels, COO at Droplet NeverTrust™, explores the cybersecurity risks of legacy IT...
Security, Beyond Identity
The core functionally of a Droplet NeverTrust™ container is to securely deliver any x86 application to any 64-bit operating system without any modification or recoding.
Our unique approach to secure application delivery, which we call NeverTrust™ has helped many organisations migrate their legacy mission critical x86 apps to new modern 64-bit platforms and as a result helped them obtain the highest cyber certification standards, including Cyber Essentials Plus, NIS2 – DORA and CAF.
Effective security demands a layered approach, our NeverTrust™ model helps organisations tackle Windows upgrade issues, resolving software compatibility, mitigating cyber security risks, and streamlining legacy-to-modern transitions, accelerating your path towards cyber accreditation. So, how do we achieve this?
Layer (1) – Mission Critical Layer
Many organisations have implemented our NeverTrust™ model to help strengthen application security, ensuring that their mission critical systems and associated data, remain secure and protected from any cyber security compromise.
Layer (2) – Data Paths Layer
Our NeverTrust™ model enforces strict execution boundaries, locking down each applications behaviour to its intended purpose and restricting all data paths – including the exact ports that an application is permitted to use.
Layer (3) – Endpoint Layer
To enable support for any endpoint device, our NeverTrust™ containers support any 64-bit operating system including: Windows, macOS chromeOS, Linux and Android, any cloud or hypervisor, the choice is yours.
Layer (4) – Application Layer
Every application delivered via NeverTrust is completely isolated above the operating system and hypervisor and isolated away from the network, enabling secure legacy app delivery on modern platforms whilst meeting today’s cybersecurity frameworks.
Layer (5) – Network Layer
To mitigate risks from man-in-the-middle, ransomware, and zero-day attacks, all network traffic between the NeverTrust™ container and the Droplet Server Appliance (DSA) is secured using military-grade encryption protocols, ensuring end-to-end data confidentiality and integrity.
Layer (6) – Perimeter Layer
Our NeverTrust perimeter layer controls who can gain access to your apps and data, by default we block all inbound traffic, and any unauthorised access attempt is seen as external traffic and automatically dropped. If you’re not coming in via our NeverTrust™ container your not getting in.
Layer (7) – Human Layer
To reduce identity theft and insider threat risks, Droplet users operate with no administrative privileges. Access is restricted to authorised applications only, ensuring strict control over the human layer.
Layer (8) – NeverTrust™ Layer
Traditional zero-trust solutions often hinge on identity verification which can easily be stolen. Droplet NeverTrust™ assumes no trust, by default – even after authentication. All applications and devices are completely locked down, with access granted solely through explicitly defined NeverTrust™ policy controls.
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