Telecom advisory council approves zero trust report, moves into IT/OT convergence and international standards workstreams

The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council has approved a report on zero trust with recommendations on how to boost adoption across government and the private sector, and provided a preview of its upcoming work on the convergence of information technology and operational technology.

Mark McLaughlin, co-chair of the NSTAC zero trust subcommittee, praised the work of the government so far on the Office of Management and Budget’s zero trust strategy and other milestones in the 2021 cyber executive order,...