Security / Visualization / Experiment
Trust Map
Security controls are often reviewed one object at a time. Trust Map asks a different question: what becomes visible when identities, devices, applications, permissions and data are viewed as one connected system?
Trust is rarely attached to one object.
An identity can use a device. The device can run an approved application. The application can access data. An AI agent may inherit the application’s permissions and add a new ability to act.
Each individual permission may be reasonable. The combination can create a much broader capability than anyone intended.
The visualization is the question.
Trust Map is not intended to become another inventory. Its purpose is to make relationships easier to question: which node creates the most reach, where does trust propagate, and which connection would matter most if it were abused?
- Reach: Which trusted component can reach the largest number of consequential assets?
- Propagation: Where does one permission implicitly unlock another action?
- Concentration: Which identity, application or agent has become a single point of excessive trust?
- Control: Which relationship should require an additional checkpoint?