NSA publishes recommendations on maturing identity, credential, and access management capabilities to improve cyberthreat protections.
March 15, 2023 By Ionut Arghire
The National Security Agency (NSA) this week published guidance to help system operators mature identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) capabilities to improve their cyberthreat protections.
Immature ICAM capabilities pose a risk to critical infrastructure, national security, and defense industrial base (DIB) systems, but improvements can be made by integrating zero trust principles and designs into enterprise networks.
Part of the national cybersecurity strategy, the adoption of zero trust is mandated by the president’s executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity (EO 14028) and National Security Memorandum 8 (NSM-8), which applies to federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agencies and national security system (NSS) owners and operators.