Zero Trust Cybersecurity

In May 2018, the Federal CIO Council Services, Strategy, and Infrastructure Committee asked ACT-IAC to evaluate the technical maturity, availability for procurement, and important issues related to potential federal agency adoption of zero trust cybersecurity. Zero trust approaches could radically transform and improve cybersecurity and data protection and sharing. And, the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract could provide the means for agencies to acquire those capabilities. The project began with market research, presentations and demonstrations, and evaluation of the underlying trust algorithms. The report was completed on April 18, 2019. Click here to read the report.

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  • The next phase of the Zero Trust Cyber project will be led by the Cyber COI and will develop a playbook based on modernization efforts occurring within agencies and the security layer that includes a Zero Trust approach.  This would allow agencies to get more comfortable with the concepts of Zero Trust and see that it is being actively deployed in organizations successfully.

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ACT-IAC Announces Federal IT Planning Guides

February 9, 2023 – Fairfax, VA. – Today, the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), the premier public-private partnership in the government IT community, announced the release of its “Outlines for Key IT Planning Documents.” This guide provides best practice ideas for developing and structuring federal agency IT planning documents. The guide provides outlines for:
1. IT Modernization Plans
2. Cloud Computing Adoption Plans
3. Zero-Trust Architecture Plans
4. IT Workforce Strategic Plans

ZeroTrust Cyber, Phase 2

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Summary:

Project Approved on

Deliverable Name
Zero Trust Cyber playbook based on modernization efforts occurring within agencies
Deliverable Type
White Paper

Nancy Delanoche
Project/Activity Status
Awaiting Approval
Interests
Gov Telecomm
Cybersecurity

General Services Administration
Expected/Actual Project Completion

Zero Trust Cybersecurity Current Trends

In May 2018, the Federal CIO Council Services, Strategy, and Infrastructure Committee asked ACT-IAC to evaluate the technical maturity, availability for procurement, and important issues related to potential federal agency adoption of zero trust networking (ZTN) and software defined networking (SDN). Those technologies could radically transform and improve cybersecurity and data protection and sharing. And, the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract could provide the means for agencies to acquire those capabilities.

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