# A multi-vendor Zero Trust plan?

By [Doug Lane](https://paragraph.com/@axalane) · 2022-03-30

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No one vendor can address every aspect of Zero Trust, so I love the idea of an alliance-based approach that connects the dots for security buyers.

​[The Spectra Alliance](https://www.crowdstrike.com/partners/spectra-alliance/) is the closest thing I’ve seen to this.

It’s a partnership between Crowdstrike, Netskope, Okta, and Proofpoint, presenting a shared vision for Zero Trust.

Here’s what I like:

*   A multi-vendor approach is necessary, so it’s great that someone is at least trying it.
    
*   They did a bit more than the usual Barney-style alliance press release (“I love you, you love me…”) by commissioning ESG to write up an ebook and facilitate a webinar.
    

Here’s what I don’t like:

*   They couldn’t agree on who should go first, so the message is basically “start anywhere, but buying any of our stuff is a stepping stone to Zero Trust.”
    
*   Neither the vendor-specific collateral nor the ESG research lays out much of a plan.
    

They describe a similar set of focus areas to Forrester in the [ESG-authored eBook](https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/2021-11/esg-ebook-spectra-alliance.pdf):

*   Identities
    
*   Devices
    
*   Applications
    
*   Data
    
*   Networks
    
*   Infrastructures (not in Forrester’s version)
    

But from there, it mainly just describes how the individual vendors can help you start in any of these areas.

So I’m not sure how much value that really offers to a security buyer who is truly trying to plan out a move to Zero Trust Architecture.

But I do find it interesting and think it’s worth keeping an eye on.

\-Doug

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*Originally published on [Doug Lane](https://paragraph.com/@axalane/a-multi-vendor-zero-trust-plan)*