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Federal Zero Trust

Zero trust architecture for federal agencies. OMB M-22-09, CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, and the five pillars.

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Federal Zero Trust

Microsegmentation for Federal Zero Trust: The Six-Phase Roadmap CISA Part One Already Supports

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released the first half of its microsegmentation guidance on July 29, 2025: Microsegmentation in Zero Trust, Part One. Part One covers the concepts, the challenges, and the benefits. It...

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Federal Zero Trust

Zero Trust Identity Pillar: Implementing Phishing-Resistant MFA for Federal Systems

Most federal agencies have multi-factor authentication (MFA) deployed. Their security teams know the numbers, the policy deadlines, and the vendor deployments. They check the box on MFA and move to the next item on the...

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Federal Zero Trust

CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model: The Federal Implementation Roadmap

When Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act in 2002, most agencies treated it as a paperwork exercise. Policy documents were written. Controls were documented. Certification and accreditation packages were assembled. Then the Office...

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Federal Zero Trust

Zero Trust Maturity Self-Assessment: Scoring Your Agency Against CISA’s Model

The Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-22-09 deadlines closed at the end of fiscal year 2024. The work after the deadline is harder than the work before it. Inspectors General, Government Accountability Office reviewers,...

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The Authority Brief

One compliance analysis per week from Josef Kamara, CPA, CISSP, CISA. Federal and private compliance, written for practitioners.