security and network research paper
Where Zero Trust Stalls
How security and network leaders take segmentation from plan to enforcement, and what stops it along the way.
Sponsored by Asimily. Researched and written by Catalyst.
We are speaking with a small group of invited leaders. You can also reply to your invitation email and we will find a time.
Where Zero Trust Stalls
Interviews with security and network leaders at manufacturers, hospitals, public agencies and retailers.
- 10 to 15
- Security and network leaders
- 30 to 45 min
- One recorded conversation
- Dec 12
- Interviews close
- Feb 2027
- Paper publishes
Thirty minutes on where segmentation actually stalls at your company.
What we ask about
- 01Where segmentation sits today, from device inventory to full enforcement
- 02When the program last stalled, and what stopped it
- 03What breaks when a segmentation change goes live, and who has to approve one
- 04What a policy gets written against, and who updates it when a device moves
Who we are talking to
- CISOs and VPs of Security
- Network and infrastructure leaders
- Clinical engineering and biomedical leaders
- OT and plant floor security owners
Manufacturers, hospitals and health systems, state and local government including water utilities, and retail, gaming and casinos.
You approve your section
You see every quote attributed to you before anything is published.
You choose how you are named
You decide how your name, title and company appear in the paper.
Call, voice memo or writing
If a call is hard to fit in, we send the questions and you answer however suits you.
A small group
No more than 15 security and network leaders, at least 3 of them in healthcare.
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