2 years ago

Category: Security, Data, firewall

If you’re a former Beltway Bandit (guilty) or other Federal government IT worker you know all about jumping through regulatory hoops to get your job done. Sometimes, it’s a real pain in the neck, but other times the Feds come up with really useful guidance. That appears to be the case with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and its Cloud Security Technical Reference Architecture (TRA) and Zero Trust Maturity Model drafts.

Firewalls are still fine in their place, but if you rely on them for security today, you’re asking for trouble.

These cloud documents layout guidance for agencies’ secure migration to the cloud by explaining considerations for shared services, cloud migration, and cloud security posture management.