{"id":208632,"date":"2026-01-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/nsa-publishes-phase-one-and-phase-two-of-zero-trust-implementation-guidelines\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T17:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:05:13","slug":"nsa-publishes-phase-one-and-phase-two-of-zero-trust-implementation-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/nsa-publishes-phase-one-and-phase-two-of-zero-trust-implementation-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"NSA Publishes Phase One and Phase Two of Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/nsa-publishes-phase-one-two-zero-trust-implementation-r33ze\">NSA Publishes Phase One and Phase Two of Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/nsa-publishes-phase-one-two-zero-trust-implementation-r33ze\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/nsa-publishes-phase-one-two-zero-trust-implementation-r33ze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-31 10:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.linkedin.com\">www.linkedin.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n          <span class=\"\">The National Security Agency (NSA) has released <\/span><span class=\"\">Phase One<\/span><span class=\"\"> and <\/span><span class=\"\">Phase Two<\/span><span class=\"\"> of its Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines (ZIGs), marking a significant step forward in supporting organizations across the Department of War (DoW) in achieving Target-level Zero Trust (ZT) maturity as defined by DoW leadership.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n          <span class=\"\">These newly released phases are designed to provide a structured, actionable roadmap for organizations transitioning from early-stage discovery efforts to a fully realized Zero Trust architecture. By clearly defining the required activities, dependencies, prerequisites, and follow-on actions, the guidelines help translate Zero Trust principles into practical, implementable steps aligned with operational realities.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<p><h3><span class=\"\">Purpose and Structure of the Phased Approach<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n          <span class=\"\">Phase One and Phase Two collectively focus on moving organizations from a Discovery state\u2014where assets, users, data, and workflows are identified\u2014toward Target-level Zero Trust implementation, where security controls are fully integrated, continuously enforced, and centrally governed.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n          <span class=\"\">The ZIGs adopt a phased, modular design, enabling a high degree of flexibility and customization. Organizations can implement activities incrementally based on mission needs, technical maturity, resource availability, and risk tolerance. This approach allows both foundational and advanced Zero Trust capabilities to be deployed strategically rather than through a rigid, one-size-fits-all model.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<p><h3><span class=\"\">Phase One: Establishing a Secure Zero Trust Foundation<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n          <span class=\"\">Phase One outlines 36 discrete&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/nsa-publishes-phase-one-two-zero-trust-implementation-r33ze\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSA Publishes Phase One and Phase Two of Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/nsa-publishes-phase-one-two-zero-trust-implementation-r33ze Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D4E12AQEBJEhDE1Ujjw\/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280\/B4EZwRpxp7GcAI-\/0\/1769822695666?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=ApP5YKMi8HKV0azBY-G16kViZhYZ1TnAvyX7PTVCMVM","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-208632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208634,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208632\/revisions\/208634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}