“Security, in the past, was built on fixed physical networks that allowed access to trusted individuals and kept untrusted individuals out. But, as Federal agencies transform their digital environments and increase remote work security measures had to evolve, making zero trust architectures the new norm and identity the new perimeter.
During a virtual event hosted by GovCIO, Federal Cyber experts explained that in a zero trust architecture identity is the boundaries, it is no longer the network…”
“Gerald Caron, CIO for the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services, emphasized that identity management solutions are increasingly critical for Federal agencies as they move IT operations to cloud environments.
To implement identity management solutions properly agencies must understand their workforce, according to Caron. In other words, understand who needs what information or access to applications and when they need it…”
“Additionally, Caron explained that open communication between the IT team and the rest of the enterprise is critical to successfully implementing identity management solutions. Part of his strategy for implementing these solutions was incorporating the entire workforce ensuring they understand zero trust and identity management is not just an IT thing but an agency-wide effort…” Read the full article here.
Source: Feds Say Zero Trust Starts With Identity – By Lisbeth Perez, March 7, 2022. MeriTalk.
