The essence of zero trust can be summarized in four words: never trust, always verify. However, implementation this concept involves various complex components. When the Office of Management and Budget released it Federal Zero Trust Strategy in January 2022, it established September 30, 2024, the end of Fiscal Year 2024, as the deadline for accomplishing numerous cybersecurity standards and objectives necessary to achieve zero trust. Time is running out.

Meanwhile, technologies are constantly advancing, and many organizations have embraced the “app culture” enabling their teams to develop customized applications. This presents a new challenge in the journey towards zero trust – ensuring consistency in the application of attribute-based access control, which relies on consistent data tagging. This consistency is crucial for automated privileged access, centralized access management, and continuous monitoring and removal of unnecessary privileged access as circumstances change.