Tech group offers secure-by-design considerations for federal IT infrastructure modernization

The Information Technology Industry Council is urging the Biden administration to focus on incorporating zero trust and software security in future IT modernization efforts to promote secure-by-design principles.

ITI senior policy manager Leopold Wildenauer discusses four priority areas for federal IT modernization – zero trust architecture, software security, quantum-resistant encryption and shared and automated services – in a blog post published on Thursday.

“In order for the administration to deliver on its commitment to modernizing federal IT infrastructure to...