David McKeown, deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity and senior information security officer at the Department of Defense, said DOD has published a strategy, a reference architecture and an implementation plan to achieve a zero trust-based architecture by 2027, DefenseScoop reported Thursday.
“We want to achieve targeted zero trust by 2027. We are an extremely large organization with many networks, and while 2027 may not seem that aggressive, it is super aggressive for us to try to get there by that date,” McKeown, a previous Wash100 awardee, said at a summit Thursday.
The deputy CIO stated that leveraging cloud services, adopting purpose-built, on-premises platforms and understanding the current environment are the three steps DOD is taking to achieve zero trust.
McKeown also mentioned plans to develop an integrated master schedule and training modules to educate people across the department about zero trust.
McKeown is confirmed to speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Cyber Summit on June 6. Click here to register for the event and hear him and other government and industry leaders discuss the latest trends in the cyber domain.
