Zero Trust Cybersecurity: ‘Never Trust, Always Verify’

A NIST security engineer explains what he's learned through his work at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE).

View as a Web Page Taking Measure Blog Zero Trust Cybersecurity: 'Never Trust, Always Verify' By Alper Kerman, a security engineer and project manager at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Huh? What? At least that was my response the first time I heard the words "zero trust" when I started working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in the fall of 2018. Mind you, I was also making a fresh start with an enormous jump to cybersecurity from a career track that had generally been in software engineering. Sure, I did design and develop secure software solutions and even put together secure systems and platforms at times throughout my career, but zero trust seemed like a different ballgame to me. For one thing, it didn't have a fence. Read More IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Making Sure Virtual Doctor Visits Are Private and Secure Oct. 21, 2020 Researchers at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) are focusing on the cybersecurity and privacy challenges related to monitoring the health of patients remotely. Read More

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