Never trust, always verify. Assess your security posture, get a prioritized playbook, and implement Zero Trust with guided automation and Mrs. Nudgely by your side.
Aligned to NIST SP 800-207 and the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, these pillars form the foundation of modern security architecture.
Strong, high-assurance identity with MFA, SSO, and contextual checks for every user, service, and workload.
Minimize rights to only what's necessary per session and per resource. No standing access, no broad entitlements.
Design on the basis that an attacker may already be present. Emphasize containment and blast-radius reduction.
Telemetry, logging, and analytics feed into policy decisions and anomaly detection in near real time.
Central policy engines mediate all access to resources, independent of network location.
Traditional "castle and moat" security assumes everything inside the network is trusted. That assumption is now invalid.
BYOD and work-from-anywhere mean the old "inside is trusted" assumption is completely invalid.
Workloads exposed directly on the internet and across multiple cloud environments need verified access.
Attacks exploit lateral movement and implicit trust. Micro-segmentation limits blast radius.
CISA, NIST, and sector regulators now explicitly call for Zero Trust adoption plans.
Increased speed and sophistication of phishing, credential abuse, and lateral movement attacks.
Most organizations are somewhere between Traditional and Initial. Our assessment maps your position and builds a roadmap to Advanced.
| Stage | What It Looks Like | Identity | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional | Flat networks, VPN perimeter, weak or fragmented IAM | Passwords only, shared accounts | Flat network, implicit trust |
| Initial | MFA for some users, early conditional access, basic logging | MFA for admins, basic SSO | Basic segmentation, VPN |
| Advanced | Broad MFA, strong SSO, micro-segmentation, automated policy | MFA everywhere, RBAC/ABAC | Micro-segmentation, ZTNA |
| Optimal | Context-aware, automated decisions, real-time adaptive policies | Continuous auth, risk-based | Per-workload policies, SASE |
Our free assessment takes 5 minutes and gives you a prioritized playbook aligned to NIST and CISA standards.
Prioritized by impact and aligned to your assessment results. Check off items as you complete them.
Zero Trust Architect connects to your identity providers and SaaS tools to analyze your security posture and apply safe baselines.
From fundamentals to advanced implementation. Guided by Mrs. Nudgely.
Copy this template to reach out to potential early-access customers.
Subject: Quick Zero Trust SaaS baseline for your team? Hey [Name], I'm building a small, opinionated security product for remote-first SaaS teams (5-200 people) that don't have a CISO but still have to worry about SOC 2, enterprise security reviews, and "did we just share that doc with the whole internet?". The idea is simple: 1. Connect your Google/Microsoft, GitHub, and core SaaS. 2. Our wizard (guided by my AI assistant, Mrs. Nudgely) runs a Zero Trust check on: - MFA and admin access - Public/over-shared docs - Risky repo and integration settings 3. We apply a safe baseline (if you want), then give you a short report and a 30-minute walkthrough you can reuse for your team and security questionnaires. I'm looking for a few early-stage SaaS teams to run through this as an early access "snapshot + baseline": - Takes about an hour of your time total. - I'll do the work alongside the tool so we can tune it. - In return, I'd love candid feedback and (if it's useful) permission to use your logo and a short testimonial. Would you be up for that? If yes, send me: - Rough team size - Your main IdP (Google vs Microsoft) - Whether GitHub is your primary repo host and I'll reply with details and a couple of time options. Thanks, [Your name] StellarClose LLC
Start with a free assessment. Scale as your security posture matures.