Zero Trust: Protecting Both Data and Identity

Adopting a zero trust policy has become imperative for agencies aiming to safeguard their digital assets against increasingly sophisticated threats. It represents a true paradigm shift, away from traditional perimeter-based security models to a more dynamic, trust-never always-verify approach. One critical part of implementing zero trust is managing digital identity – ensuring that access to resources is securely managed and continuously verified, regardless of the user’s location or device being used. Alongside that comes understanding the location, nature, and sensitivity of the data within the agency. The two are complementary, since part of digital identity is restricting access to the data a user has the right to touch. Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss how integrating these two elements facilitate creating policies and controls that adapt in real time risk, reduce the attack surface, and mitigate the danger of data breaches.