Micro-segmentation is a pillar of zero trust, but is often put off when agencies work on upgrading their cybersecurity.
Leaders within the federal and private cybersecurity sectors explained why micro-segmentation is as important as other pillars and how to begin doing micro-segmentation — including roadmapping data — during an event sponsored by GovExec on Aug. 15…
Pushing off micro-segmentation is a mistake malicious people can take advantage of, said Gerry [Caron], the chief information officer for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General…
At HHS, Caron started with the data as the agency implements zero trust.
“What facilitates access to the data is an application; an application sits on a device; it needs to be hosted somehow and then in network you need connectivity somehow,” Caron said. “And then it’s [the] right data, the right users at the right time and you want to make sure that data has integrity, so being able to understand what that data is, is very important as you work back.” … Read the full article here.
