May 2021, President Biden issued an executive order on federal cybersecurity. This order details ways to improve the nation’s cybersecurity by raising national standards. Options outlined by the order include removing barriers to shared cyber threats between federal contractors, modernization of federal cybersecurity, and much more.

A fundamental tenet of this call for modernization is mandating an advancement towards Zero Trust Architecture. A Zero Trust policy for organizations calls for companies to structure their cybersecurity around the assumption that devices within a network cannot be trusted. Traditionally, cybersecurity networks operate under the premise that every device within a network can be authorized.

The order gave each federal agency 60 days to develop a plan to implement Zero Trust Architecture. Zero Trust Architecture entails implementing measures like multi-factor authentication, inspecting and logging all web traffic, and moving to a constant verification model.


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