A zero-trust architecture (ZTA) security approach is essential for federal agencies. It requires continuous verification and strict access controls to protect sensitive government data.
Unfortunately, several hurdles can obstruct agency efforts to make the most of zero trust:
- Complexity: Agencies often operate on outdated infrastructures but fully transitioning to
a more dynamic one can be challenging due to budgeting resources, acquisition, and implementation. - Money: Securing funding requires time and effort. It usually takes about two years for agencies to get congressional approval to build a budgetary pipeline that supports major programs such as modernization to support ZTA.
- Scale: Zero trust will impact people, processes and technologies across the board, affecting every part of your agency as an enterprise-wide protective architecture.
Regardless of the challenges, agencies must step up their game and take advantage of AI, automation, and other advanced strategies to support data—and identity-centric security. Our new report, “How Government Can Elevate Its Approach to Zero Trust,” details how organizations can use modernized tools and approaches to meet ZTA requirements.