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Navigating the Department of Defense Mandate on Zero Trust

We break down how DoD Zero Trust requirements translate into practical security architecture — helping organizations strengthen resilience, reduce risk, and maintain continuous verification across every access request.

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What’s Inside

Zero Trust with Policy-driven Authorization

David McKeown, who serves as the Department of Defense’s (DoD) deputy chief information officer and department’s senior information security officer said the department is on track to implement its Zero Trust framework by fiscal year 2027 as planned. 

But what does that mean for contractors and agencies looking to implement Zero Trust?

And is it possible for the DoD to have a Zero Trust cybersecurity framework implemented by 2027?

Leveraging Axiomatics’ decades of experience in runtime, policy-driven authorization, Navigating the Department of Defense Mandate on Zero Trust explores how organizations can align with Zero Trust principles by enforcing consistent, dynamic access decisions across users, systems, and environments.

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Key topics include:

  • What does that mean for contractors and agencies looking to implement Zero Trust
  • Translate requirements into practical security architecture

Take a Look Inside

The DoD Zero Trust Mandate

The Department of Defense is targeting full implementation of its Zero Trust framework by fiscal year 2027, working closely with commercial cloud providers to evaluate capabilities and meet defined security requirements. This effort is grounded in the NIST definition of Zero Trust, which removes implicit trust based on network location or ownership and requires continuous verification for every access request.

However, turning this standard into a consistent implementation across complex federal environments remains challenging, especially as vendors interpret and apply Zero Trust in different ways.

A sneak peek at how organizations can navigate the department of defense mandate on Zero Trust
A sneak peek at how organizations can navigate the department of defense mandate on Zero Trust

A Word from NTT Data Federal

NTT DATA Federal highlights its long-standing partnership with Axiomatics in delivering attribute-based access control (ABAC) solutions for federal clients. By combining innovation in fine-grained authorization with policy-as-code approaches, the collaboration enables more flexible and efficient access control architectures that reduce overly restrictive policies while improving scalability.

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