Pentagon publishes zero trust guidance to assist with operational technology adoption

The Defense Department is outlining plans to implement zero trust principles in operational technology through recent guidance on alignment with current activities and outcomes from the Pentagon’s 2022 zero trust strategy.

The roadmap builds on current DOD documents to adapt them “to the unique characteristics and challenges of OT environments and aligned to existing required control systems/OT cybersecurity policy and guidance,” according to the latest guidance, which was cleared for publication on Nov. 18.

The Pentagon has an ambitious...