ARMY AL&T


CYBERSECURITY FIRST


CECOM SEC leads Zero Trust implementation. by Kevin Deegan I


n an age when the U.S. government reinforces strategies to protect critical data from the exploi- tive actions of nation-state and non-nation-state attackers, the Army continually relies on top experts to implement new strategies. And in today’s digital world, cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and widespread. To combat these threats, organizations must adopt Zero


Trust (ZT) Architecture.


An Executive Order was signed in 2021 that calls for improved national security. Section three of the order detailed the need for ZT Architecture.


But what exactly does this mean, and how does it protect against cyberattacks? ZT is a modern approach to cybersecurity that operates on a simple but powerful principle: never trust, always verify. Unlike traditional security models that assume everything inside a network is safe, ZT assumes that threats can come from anywhere—inside or outside the network. Terefore, every user, device and application that tries to access your resources requires continuous verification.


Te U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) supports the technical navigation of this ever-present cyber conflict. In early 2024, Farhat Shah, a cybersecurity expert, began spearheading the SEC’s policy and procedure development for ZT cybersecurity.


LEVERAGE EXISTING SECURITY CONTROLS Shah and her team led an initiative to integrate ZT principles into our existing systems. Te SEC’s goal in the initiative was to build upon the existing risk management framework (RMF—the secu- rity framework that systems must follow) controls. By leveraging existing controls, the team aimed


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