Governance Briefing — U.S. DoD releases Zero Trust Strategy and Roadmap
The U.S. Department of Defense published its Zero Trust Strategy and Roadmap on 10 November 2022, setting capability targets across seven pillars to reach an advanced zero trust posture by fiscal year 2027.
The Department of Defense issued its Zero Trust Strategy and Roadmap on 10 November 2022, defining mandatory capabilities across user identity, devices, networks, applications, data, visibility/analytics, and automation/orchestration. The roadmap tasks the Services and Components with achieving a target advanced zero trust level by FY2027, supported by reference architectures and solution baselines.
Program offices and contractors must align modernization plans to the strategy’s milestones, budget for required controls (e.g., strong identity, microsegmentation, continuous monitoring), and report progress through DoD CIO governance channels.
- DoD Zero Trust Strategy details the capability roadmap, milestones, and accountability model.
- Public DoD overview summarizes objectives and the push for enterprise and component-level zero trust implementations.
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