With Federal/DOD agencies increasingly encompassing Cloud, Hybrid, BYOD, IoT/OT systems, the network has become asymmetric. Traditional, network-centric cyber defense approaches (in the time of COVID), allow threat actors to more easily move laterally from system to system. Once they gain network access, they can potentially wreak havoc across the entire organization. Adopting a zero-trust security model that integrates network micro-segmentation and software defined perimeters makes these types of lateral movements much harder for insiders and intruders. Having smaller, segregated networks also significantly reduces the attack surface and constrains potential damage.

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