A Novel Approach to Enhance Cyber Resilience by Combining the Zero Trust Security Model and MITRE ATT&CK Matrix Strategy

P. Ramya, Badapu Yaswanth, Anem Nithish Kumar, Ambati Harikrishna, Arikatla Balagurunath Reddy

2025

Abstract

Cyber threats have grown exponentially with the digital information era, changing cyberspace. We suggest merging the Zero Trust (ZT) security paradigm with the MITRE ATT&CK matrix to improve cyber resilience, an organization's ability to recover quickly from a cyber-attack or security event. Public sector organizations are vulnerable to the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), but this research also examines phishing, ransom ware, and insider threats. These threats exploit a company's computer and network vulnerabilities. The ZT model's "never trust, always verify," which ensures that all network traffic is examined equally, emphasizes micro-segmentation, continuous authentication, and least privilege. Research reveals that combining the ZT and ATT&CK models may increase a company's cyber threats, and the study provides metrics for doing so. The Cyber Threat Elimination Strategy (CTES) encompasses all of these indicators and is cross-validated using the Zero Trust Model to assess its success. The study introduces a new cybersecurity paradigm, emphasizes the Zero Trust model's importance in modern security strategies, and shows that organizations can proactively assess the changing cyber threat landscape to ensure a secure and resilient digital future. ZT and the MITRE ATT&CK matrix must be merged since current security measures cannot handle the complexity and sophistication of cyber-attacks. Integrating the two models helps discover research gaps and give practical responses, strengthening an organization's cyber defenses.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ramya P., Yaswanth B., Kumar A., Harikrishna A. and Reddy A. (2025). A Novel Approach to Enhance Cyber Resilience by Combining the Zero Trust Security Model and MITRE ATT&CK Matrix Strategy. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - Volume 1: ICRDICCT`25; ISBN 978-989-758-777-1, SciTePress, pages 857-865. DOI: 10.5220/0013874600004919

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icrdicct`2525,
author={P. Ramya and Badapu Yaswanth and Anem Kumar and Ambati Harikrishna and Arikatla Reddy},
title={A Novel Approach to Enhance Cyber Resilience by Combining the Zero Trust Security Model and MITRE ATT&CK Matrix Strategy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - Volume 1: ICRDICCT`25},
year={2025},
pages={857-865},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013874600004919},
isbn={978-989-758-777-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - Volume 1: ICRDICCT`25
TI - A Novel Approach to Enhance Cyber Resilience by Combining the Zero Trust Security Model and MITRE ATT&CK Matrix Strategy
SN - 978-989-758-777-1
AU - Ramya P.
AU - Yaswanth B.
AU - Kumar A.
AU - Harikrishna A.
AU - Reddy A.
PY - 2025
SP - 857
EP - 865
DO - 10.5220/0013874600004919
PB - SciTePress