Inside the Pentagon's new zero-trust policy | Guest Steve Judd

Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 7 p.m.

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Venafi solutions architect Steve Judd talks about the recent directive from the Pentagon that a zero-trust policy be implemented at the Department of Defense in the next four years. Is this a workable deadline? What are the hurdles to be jumped? Judd also tells me what a solutions architect does and why he thinks it\\u2019s the most fun job in cybersecurity.

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0:00 - Pentagon\\u2019s zero-trust policy and DoD
2:22- How did you get into cybersecurity?
5:10 - Cybersecurity solution architect work
9:05 - Scope of zero-trust policy
16:00 - Getting ahead of the zero-trust policy
17:49 - What skills do zero-trust make mandatory?
19:37 - New jobs via zero-trust
23:44 - DevOps and DevSecOps
28:48 - Areas of studies to emphasize
31:00 - Things not to study in cybersecurity
38:00 - What is Venefi
40:05 - Learn more about Steve Judd
40:36 - Outro

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