Action Steps to Zero Trust in Government

Ever since the White House issued its Cybersecurity Executive Order in May 2021, a lot of attention has been paid to the concept of zero trust embedded as its core objective. But the reason to get to zero trust is to protect the data – after all, what do system intruders want? To read, or alter, or copy the data, which they can then use for their own purposes, from monetizing intellectual property to stealing someone’s identity to interfering with agencies’ work.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued guidance on the principles of zero trust, including how to migrate to a zero trust architecture, as has the National Security Agency, which observes that moving to a mature model cannot be done all at once. Most recently, the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee released its draft report on implementing zero trust and identity management.

Join us as thought leaders from government and the contracting community share their experiences protecting data, developing policies and procedures for access and restriction, detecting abnormal user behavior, and pursuing maturity models for their organizations.