In collaboration with ATARC, RavenTek will proudly demonstrate proficiency in the scenarios outlined by the Zero-Trust Working Group, as well as a few scenarios of our own, by harnessing the capabilities of industry-leading vendors. As we journey forward beyond this Phase 2 lab, RavenTek will continue to unveil novel scenarios and perpetually refine our architecture, reinforcing our position at the bleeding edge of zero-trust technology integration.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-22-09 requires “agencies to achieve specific zero trust security goals” and designates “Identity” as the first of five pillars from CISA’s zero trust maturity model. Additionally, M-22-09 provides specific actions for the Identity pillar that include, employing centralized identity management systems that integrate with agency applications and platforms; leveragin...

Blackwood has assembled a comprehensive zero-trust environment used to architect, integrate, test, and deploy numerous technologies aimed at aligning with zero-trust frameworks and methodologies. In partnership with ATARC, Blackwood has demonstrated comprehensive coverage of the various scenarios established by the Zero-Trust Working Group.

ATARC’s Zero Trust Integration Lab (ZTIL) aims to showcase technical architectures and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) hardware and software solutions, support proofs of concept for integrated solution sets by incorporating multiple vendors’ products, and implement Zero Trust solutions in a simulated production environment. Each demonstration team will address all aspects of Zero Trust in a provided scenario set crossing all...

With all of the components of Zero Trust, there are various models and theories that an organization can use to strengthen their cybersecurity practices. The CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model and the DoD Zero Trust Strategy are only two examples of frameworks that provide guidance on implementing Zero Trust security principles within an organization. Both models emphasize the steps it takes to achieve total Zero Trust, but they differ in some of...

To advance Zero Trust mandates, federal IT leaders need an accurate, trusted, and complete picture of their entire IT estate. Attend this webinar to learn how your agency can better comply with OMB’s January 2022 memo, M-22-09, Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles. Attendees will hear how to develop a real-time situational awareness and understanding of everything on their networks, whether they are based...

Implementing and staying up to date with your agency’s zero trust model can be challenging for a few reasons. Top three challenges that Federal agencies are facing includes: Complexity of implementing a zero trust model across a network with many diverse and large departments, agencies, and systems. Meeting compliance requirements in place to access data and systems within an agency. Especially as ZT may require significant changes to yo...

Zero trust architecture at its core increases cyber defenses and reduces threats to data exposure, which is more critical than ever as web applications remain a top attack vector for gaining access to sensitive systems and information; attacks on web apps increased from 31.5% in 2020 to 53.6% in 2021, according to Kapersky. Fortunately, new guidance from the Department of Defense (DoD) presents seven pillars that are critical to ZTA success ...

Approaching the one-year anniversary of the Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum on “Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles,” this session will reflect on how agencies are meeting the specific criteria while utilizing ZT architecture. OMB’s memorandum involves centralizing identity management to provide enterprise identity and access management services to reduce the burden on agen...

Embracing a decentralized modern enterprise IT ecosystem means accepting that mission critical workloads don’t just run inside of the data center. Modern customer and employee experience demands from the business are rapidly forcing IT leaders to adapt to a hybrid environment approach. Application and data are increasingly spread among multiple agencies, legacy data centers, hyperscaler clouds, software as a service (SaaS) providers, and...