White House begins zero trust rollout for federal agencies

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President Biden has been bullish on cybersecurity since last year, when ransomware attacks crippled firms and infrastructure across the USA
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President Biden has been bullish on cybersecurity since last year, when ransomware attacks crippled firms and infrastructure across the USA

No actor, system, or service operating within or outside the security perimeter can be trusted, according to the new paradigm

The White House has released a new memo instructing federal agencies to officially move towards a zero trust approach to cybersecurity, to lower the risk of cyberattacks against the government's di...

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