Talk Title: Securing APIs in a Zero Trust Network 

Salah Sharieh, PhD
Head of the technology transformation office, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Canada

 

Dr. Salah is Head of the technology transformation office at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC),  Toronto, Canada. He has extensive experience in business, technology and digital transformation. Dr. Salah holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from McMaster University.  He has more than twenty-five years of industry experience. He has several peer-reviewed publications and has contributed to several books. Salah is a member in the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University where he supervises graduate students.

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The zero Trust Security Network (ZTSN) model is an alternative model to the traditional security of the perimeter network. The model focuses on moving away from perimeter security because of its inherited vulnerability. The ZTSN model solves this vulnerability by treating all hosts as if they were facing the internet and considers the entire network to be compromised. 

 

Due to the rapid changes in technology, there is a considerable need for an advanced network security model. The classic perimeter security model was established at a time when not all computers in an organization were connected to the public internet.

 

Today, companies are connected to the internet in multiples ways, which makes them more vulnerable. With the introduction of APIs to access company resources, the vulnerability is even greater.

 

APIs can benefit from using ZTSN. In our talk, we will focus on how ZTSN can be employed to increase API security. 

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