DHS, Education Dept. officials highlight importance of metrics for implementing zero trust

Federal officials from DHS and the Department of Education explained how they are using metrics as part of their journey to zero trust during a Wednesday panel at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit that highlighted how specific agencies are working to achieve a Biden administration priority.

DHS cyber official Donald Yeske emphasized the need to develop metrics for monitoring progress, instead of focusing on compliance metrics. He said, "It’s not as important to measure the endstones as [it is to measure]...