Never trust.Always verify.Continuously validate.
Zero Trust is an architecture, not a product. Spakto validates whether your Zero Trust controls actually work — testing identity enforcement, micro-segmentation, least-privilege, and lateral movement resistance against real adversary techniques mapped to NIST 800-207.
Zero Trust says never trust.
Your architecture needs to prove it.
Organizations deploy Zscaler, CrowdStrike, Okta MFA, and Azure Conditional Access — but never validate whether they actually prevent lateral movement, privilege escalation, or data exfiltration. Tools say compliant. Attackers prove otherwise.
Test MFA bypass, credential stuffing, privilege escalation via identity providers. SAML, OAuth, OIDC, Kerberos.
Validate micro-segmentation, network boundaries, east-west movement blocking against real attacker TTPs.
Scorecard across all 5 pillars with prioritized remediation roadmap and measurable Level 1→4 progression.
5 Zero Trust pillars.
Every vector tested.
Spakto maps every assessment to NIST 800-207's five pillars — adversarial testing confirms each control actually holds against real attacker techniques.
Your architecture's
validated security posture.
Every Spakto engagement closes with a quantified NIST 800-207 scorecard — measurable evidence of where your Zero Trust architecture stands and exactly what to fix next.
Full attack chain tested
against your Zero Trust controls.
Every Spakto assessment runs a complete MITRE ATT&CK kill chain against your environment. Each phase produces a definitive BLOCKED, PARTIAL, or ALLOWED verdict — mapped to the specific control that succeeded or failed.
How we test your
Zero Trust architecture.
Six structured phases — from passive architecture reconnaissance to adversarial exploitation — each producing evidence-backed findings with specific NIST 800-207 control mappings.
Map all existing Zero Trust controls, enumerate trust boundaries, and document the full attack surface before any active testing begins.
Zero Trust boundaries
under live attack simulation.
Real-time visualization of attack packets crossing — or failing to cross — your Zero Trust zone boundaries. Every blocked request validates a control. Every allowed one reveals a gap.
Common gaps we
find in every engagement.
Across hundreds of Zero Trust validations, these are the attack paths organizations consistently miss — plotted by real-world exploitation likelihood and business impact.
Vendor tools claim coverage.
Spakto tests what they miss.
Every major Zero Trust vendor reports compliance based on their own telemetry. Spakto tests adversarially — from the outside, using real attacker techniques — to find the gaps between what vendors claim and what actually holds.
"Okta says your MFA policies protect all authentication flows."
New deployments add implicit trust — no vendor auto-detects architecture drift against the validated baseline.
Each vendor sees only its own telemetry. The attack path through Okta → Zscaler → AWS is invisible to any single tool.
Vendor dashboards show compliance scores, not adversarial outcome. A 100% score can hide a working pass-the-hash path.
MFA fatigue, social engineering resistance, and helpdesk impersonation require human-in-the-loop testing no vendor runs.
Zero Trust maturity
across all five dimensions.
Spakto measures your Zero Trust maturity against NIST 800-207 across all five pillars — providing a dimensional view of strengths, gaps, and a data-driven path to Level 4 optimization.
Consistent enforcement, regular testing, documented architecture
Zero Trust isn't a
one-time assessment.
Your Zero Trust posture drifts every time a policy changes, a deployment ships, or a service account is created. Spakto's continuous validation cycle detects drift in minutes — before adversaries can exploit the gap.
A validated Zero Trust baseline captures the exact state of all controls after your last clean assessment. Every policy, permission, and segmentation rule is fingerprinted.
When Zero Trust validation
matters most.
Zero Trust environments are most vulnerable during organizational transitions — when new trust assumptions are introduced without formal adversarial validation.
Post-M&A Integration
Merged networks create invisible trust bridges between formerly isolated environments. Acquired companies often fail segmentation and identity controls introduced after deal close.
Cloud Migration
On-prem Zero Trust assumptions don't translate directly to cloud. IAM, workload isolation, and network policies require re-validation in every cloud-native and hybrid deployment.
Regulatory Compliance
NIST 800-207 alignment for government, defense, financial, and healthcare sectors. Validation produces auditable evidence that controls operate as designed — not just deployed.
Zero Trust Validation FAQs
Frequently asked
questions.
answered
Implementation deploys the tools and controls (identity, segmentation, encryption). Validation tests whether those controls actually work. You can have all the right tools but still have exploitable gaps. Validation confirms your architecture actually prevents the attacks you're designed to prevent.
We need read and test access to: identity systems (Entra, Okta, GCP Identity), network infrastructure (segmentation rules, firewall policies), cloud accounts (AWS, Azure, GCP), and application endpoints. We never modify production systems—all testing is non-destructive simulation and validation.
Our methodology is non-disruptive. We conduct testing in controlled phases, validate in isolated segments first, and coordinate timing with your security team. Active tests are monitored to ensure no production impact. Testing is designed to be invisible to end users.
We recommend continuous validation, with formal assessments every 6-12 months. After major changes (tool upgrades, architecture shifts, M&A, cloud migrations), do immediate validation. Between assessments, use continuous monitoring to track drift from validated baseline.
NIST 800-207 provides the Zero Trust reference architecture. We test your deployment against NIST's core principles and maturity model. Our assessment maps findings directly to NIST controls, provides maturity scoring (Level 1-4), and guides remediation toward full NIST alignment.
Typical assessments take 4-8 weeks depending on environment size and complexity. Phase 1 (architecture review): 1-2 weeks. Phases 2-5 (active testing): 2-5 weeks. Phase 6 (reporting and roadmap): 1 week. We provide continuous updates throughout.
Findings are prioritized by exploitability, business impact, and NIST maturity progression. We provide a phased roadmap showing: quick wins (week 1-2), medium-term improvements (month 1-3), and long-term optimization (quarter 2+). Each finding includes specific remediation steps and success metrics.