New national cyber strategy; Zero trust adoption across government; DOJ cybersecurity landscape

The Biden Administration is rolling out its long-awaited national cybersecurity strategy. CyberScoop Senior Editor Elias Groll joins the podcast to discuss his three biggest takeaways from the new White House initiative. At last week’s Zero Trust Summit, Donald Coulter, senior science advisor for cybersecurity and zero trust in the office of the undersecretary in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, and Terry Halvorsen, vice president of client development for U.S. Federal Market at IBM and former Chief Information Officer at the Department of Defense, discuss zero trust adoption across government. The Department of Justice is moving along on its Information Technology Strategic Plan. The plan for fiscal years 2022 through 2024 lays out five goals. One of those goals is elevating cybersecurity and implementing zero trust principles. Also Zero Trust Summit, Department of Justice CIO Melinda Rogers explains the cyber landscape her agency is following. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.