Zero Trust Planning

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Zero Trust Matters Now. Security environments across campus can fragment quickly as systems, identities, vendors, and emerging AI tools create new paths to access. Moran helps institutions understand current maturity, identify architectural gaps, and build a practical Zero Trust strategy grounded in institutional reality.

Why Security Strategy Breaks Down

Many campus leaders face the challenge of competing priorities, governance realities, and campus complexity, all of which change over time. As a result security architectures become outdated and slow the shift towards more modern approaches such as Zero Trust.

Our approach helps institutions assess where Zero Trust capabilities stand today in their architecture. We then work with you to develop what needs to change based upon a maturity mode, and create a plan leaders can explain and act on.

Your Zero Trust Journey

Our structured, workshop-driven process guides you through the maturity model to determine where Zero Trust is being developed and where it is lacking at your institution.
  • Evaluate Zero Trust Current State
    Moran guides teams through an assessment to determine their current state using industry frameworks like the CISA ZTMM.

  • Art of the Possible
    Explore how your institution can move towards greater adoption of Zero Trust using what you have already and what you may need to invest in.

  • Build a Phased Roadmap
    Adopt a realistic plan to adapt your campus architecture over time with investments in people, process, and technology that will defend against today’s and tomorrow’s threats.

What Institutions Gain

Our Zero Trust Planning engagement helps institutions move out of reactive security work and into the decision-making phase.
  • Our Zero Trust Planning engagement helps institutions move out of reactive security work and into the decision-making phase.

  • Leaders gain a clearer understanding of what matters most and why.

  • Stakeholders gain stronger alignment on priorities.

  • The institution gains a defensible plan it can communicate and act on.

  • Over the years, our partnership with Moran has been paramount to our security strategy and organizational success. Their unwavering commitment to our security posture, strategic guidance, and hands-on support — especially through the placement of a dedicated virtual Chief Information Security Officer — has elevated our resilience and readiness in an increasingly complex threat landscape. They’ve been more than a vendor; they’ve been a true extension of our team.

    Private University Chief Information Officer
  • Cybersecurity strategy evolves rapidly with emerging threats and as a small university with no dedicated cybersecurity staff, most of our efforts were still focused solely on protection and prevention. The Moran Cybersecurity team used the NIST CSF 2.0 as a tool to teach us what’s expected of a mature cybersecurity program and give us a roadmap to build a comprehensive program — all while demonstrating a nuanced understanding of the unique challenges small universities face.

    Private Liberal Arts University Chief Information Officer
  • As a newly promoted senior security leader, I was suddenly hit from every direction with needs, requests, and responsibilities. I felt underwater and unsure what to tackle next. Moran stepped into the gap and guided me through the chaos so I could step into my new role with confidence. Whether it was incident response, policy changes, hiring, acquisitions, or anything else I raised, I could take on every challenge thanks to the professionalism and expertise of the Moran Cybersecurity team.

    Private Christian University Associate Director for Information Security
  • Moran provided the right balance of strategy, compliance expertise, and cost savings. Thanks to their vCISO services, we’ve strengthened our security posture without compromising other priorities. The Moran team has been a trusted resource when we’ve faced tough security and compliance decisions. Their depth of knowledge and ability to translate best practices into real-world solutions has been invaluable.

    Public Community College Executive Director of Information Technology
  • Moran helped us simplify GLBA compliance by providing a clear, actionable roadmap tailored to our institution. Their ability to combine technical expertise with a strong understanding of higher education made the process both approachable and achievable.

    Private Liberal Arts College Director of Information Technology
  • You have such a rockstar team on the SailPoint project. They are moving us along and it’s going great!

    Private University Chief Information Officer
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