NIST updates draft implementation guidance for zero trust architecture under executive order mandate

NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has published the third draft of a volume in its guide on “Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture,” providing example solutions based on collaboration with partners.

The NCCoE project was established to support NIST Special Publication 800-207, which “contains an abstract definition of zero trust architecture (ZTA)” and provides “general deployment models and use cases.”

“This project will result in a NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, a publicly available description of the practical steps...