Government agencies embrace the “zero trust” cybersecurity future

January 6, 2023 – Published on Axios

A security practice that few know how to define will take up a lot of the federal government’s and the private sector’s attention this year: zero-trust architecture.

Federal agencies are racing to meet a September 2024 deadline to transition to it — and companies are looking to the government for guidance on what an esoteric zero-trust framework actually looks like.

“Zero trust” refers to a combination of security principles that can take several forms. Simply put, the idea focuses on limiting employees’ internal access to the documents and files they need for their jobs.

Matt Keller, vice president of federal services at GuidePoint Security, tells Axios that some agencies are “a little bit behind the curve” and still working on documenting their assets — the first step in determining what zero-trust would look like for their offices.

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