“The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center has recorded ‘enormous’ participation from vendors in its Zero Trust Lab, which is now expected to run at least another month, according to Government Chair Gerry Caron.
ATARC originally estimated about 30 vendors would showcase technical architectures and hardware and software solutions addressing 12 zero-trust scenarios identified by the government members of its Zero Trust Working Group, but that number rose to 54 tech companies…”
“’No one tool or no one vendor does all of zero trust that I know of,’ said Caron, chief information officer of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, during the ATARC Federal CIO Virtual Summit on Tuesday. ‘So we asked them what their functional capabilities are, so we have a functional capabilities model.’…”
“’For the government it’s a way for us to interact directly through ATARC and engage on this and I think influence and help provide output to some of the other government agencies and working groups as well,’ Caron said. ‘So it’s been a very positive experience.’…” Read the full article here.
Source: ATARC Zero Trust Lab sees ‘enormous’ participation as agencies shop for tools – By Dave Nyczepir, January 25, 2022. FedScoop.
