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Wiz Explains Applying Australia’s Modern Defensible Architecture to Cloud Security

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Summary

Wiz outlines how its cloud security platform can support Australian government departments applying the ACSC’s Modern Defensible Architecture, including layered defenses, Zero Trust, secure-by-design practices, and continuous assurance.

Key points

  • The ACSC’s Modern Defensible Architecture calls for resilience through layered defenses across identities, workloads, networks, applications, and data.
  • Wiz says it provides agentless visibility across cloud and hybrid environments and correlates exposures with permissions to identify attack paths.
  • The article describes applying Zero Trust through ongoing analysis of IAM policies, excessive permissions, risky trust relationships, and privilege escalation paths.
  • Wiz says its platform can identify risks in code, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and runtime environments, and trace issues to their source.
  • The article emphasizes continuous monitoring and risk context to support remediation, executive decision-making, and alignment with ACSC guidance.
  • Wiz says its commercial product has been evaluated against PROTECTED ISM controls.

Article Details

Topic
Wiz’s support for the Australian Government’s Modern Defensible Architecture through cloud security, Zero Trust, secure-by-design practices, and continuous assurance.

Vendors

WizAs Departments adopt MDA guidance, they face a common reality: defending increasingly complex, cloud-enabled environments with tools designed for a different era. This is where Wiz plays a critical enabling role.

Products

WizAs Departments adopt MDA guidance, they face a common reality: defending increasingly complex, cloud-enabled environments with tools designed for a different era. This is where Wiz plays a critical enabling role.

Countries

Australiathe question is no longer if a cyber security incident will occur, but when. Although authored by Australia, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)’s Modern Defensible Architecture (MDA) reflects jointCanadareflects joint guidance developed alongside international partners. These include South Korea, Germany, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, and New Zealand, underscoring the MDA's relevance to both public and privateGermany(MDA) reflects joint guidance developed alongside international partners. These include South Korea, Germany, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, and New Zealand, underscoring the MDA's relevance to both public andJapanalongside international partners. These include South Korea, Germany, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, and New Zealand, underscoring the MDA's relevance to both public and private sector organisations acrossNew Zealandinternational partners. These include South Korea, Germany, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, and New Zealand, underscoring the MDA's relevance to both public and private sector organisations across multipleSouth KoreaArchitecture (MDA) reflects joint guidance developed alongside international partners. These include South Korea, Germany, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, and New Zealand, underscoring the MDA's relevance to boththe Czech Republicguidance developed alongside international partners. These include South Korea, Germany, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, and New Zealand, underscoring the MDA's relevance to both public and private sector

Industries

GovernmentThe Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)’s message to government Departments is clear: the question is no longer if a cyber security incident will occur, but when. Although authored by Australia, the Australian Cyber

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