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  A new employee joins a company, receives a laptop, signs in to cloud applications and is given access to shared systems. Weeks later, an administrator changes roles, a containerized service is deployed, and an alert flags a suspicious login. Each event may be handled by a different security tool. The practical challenge is not simply buying more defenses: it is making access decisions and incident actions work together. A connected security program links authentication, privileges, application workloads, detection and response into one operating process. Start with an inventory of who and what can access systems List employees, contractors, administrators, service accounts, automation identities and the applications they use. Assign an owner to every identity and critical resource. Document how access is granted, reviewed and revoked, including what happens when someone changes roles or leaves. NIST’s zero trust guidance emphasizes decisions based on users, devices and resources...