Navigating the Zero Trust Imperative in the Public Sector

Zero Trust is reshaping how federal agencies safeguard data, systems, and users. This guide distills 91 Department of Defense target-level activities into plain language, helping CISOs and technical buyers translate strategy into action. It explains how Zero Trust decouples security from network boundaries, applying continuous, risk-based verification across people, devices, data, and workloads. With practical advice, architectural context, and references to NIST and DoD roadmaps, it equips public-sector leaders to build resilient, adaptive cybersecurity programs.