“The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) finalized zero trust directive issued last week sets the stage for the first steps in implementing zero trust security architectures at Federal agencies, but a lot more work remains in the pursuit of that goal, a panel of Federal security experts agreed during an ATARC virtual event on Feb. 1…”
“’The directive is great. It’s a much-needed bold move in the right direction with a clear focus on identity security,’ said Robert Wood, chief information security officer and director for the Information Security and Privacy Group at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…”
“’[The] latest memo from OMB provides steppingstones for agencies to move to a zero trust architecture, but it certainly is not the end-all be-all,’ said Trafenia Salzman, a security architect at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)…”
“‘Zero trust is not just some tool agencies can buy and implement as an afterthought. And while the OMB is a great first start, moving forward, we need to change the way we approach security,’ said Sanjay Gupta, the chief technology officer at SBA…”
“‘We need to find a clear balance between identity and use cases for a zero trust architecture to function properly,’ said Wood…” Read the full article here.
Source: Fed Security Experts: OMB Zero Trust Directive is Only Step One – By Lisbeth Perez, February 2, 2022. MeriTalk.
