The term zero trust is often used as a buzzword, but Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kurt DelBene said a successful organization will prioritize security above all else, and have zero trust baked into its workforce culture.
DelBene explained that getting the workforce to embrace zero trust as part of its culture is “super important,” and security should be top of mind for all employees…
“The first thing we have to do is get a workforce that fundamentally believes that security is the most important thing,” DelBene said. “You get so bottled up in this whole notion of ‘I gotta deliver the next set of features for end users.’ Having a secure organization is like dial tone – if you don’t do that, nothing else above it matters.”
DelBene explained zero trust is a continuous process, and employees need to be reflective when it comes to security to develop “an inherent sense of what zero trust means to them.” This means asking questions, he said, such as have the accessors of my system been authenticated? Or when was the last time I conducted an audit to see who has access to my system?… Read the full article here.
