DoD floats 2035 as goal for zero trust in weapons systems
Weapons systems are the last element of the Pentagon’s Zero Trust Implementation Plan to adopt zero trust architectures.
By Carley Welch
on April 02, 2025 at 1:45 PM
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is looking to meet a soft deadline of achieving zero-trust architecture for weapons systems by 2035, the director of the Zero Trust Office within the Pentagon’s Chief Information Office said today.
This means building zero-trust architectures into systems like aircraft, tanks and ships. It will be no easy feat, Randy Resnick said, but he hopes it can be achieved within the next decade.
“We’re talking about stuff that potentially is inside the skin of this, of the weapon system. That’s not our expertise. That would require us to work with other elements in the Pentagon, as well as the vendors who are designing these systems, especially ones new that haven’t been designed yet,” Resnick said during ATARC’s DoD Zero Trust Symposium.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/dod-floats-2035-as-goal-for-zero-trust-in-weapons-systems/
