Pentagon plans to publish zero trust strategy 2.0 in early 2026
“We’re prepping the [ZT] strategy 2.0, estimating that it will be publicly available … around March 2026,” Randy Resnick said Tuesday at DefenseTalks.
By
Mikayla Easley
December 9, 2025
The Defense Department is writing an updated version of its zero-trust strategy that will outline new cybersecurity frameworks for systems beyond information technology.
“We’re prepping the [ZT] strategy 2.0, estimating that it will be publicly available … around March 2026,” Randy Resnick, senior advisor for the Pentagon’s Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, said Tuesday during a keynote at DefenseTalks hosted by DefenseScoop.
The upcoming document will expand upon the Defense Department’s first zero-trust strategy published in 2022, which tasked all DOD components to begin implementing updated cybersecurity controls.
Broadly, zero trust assumes networks and systems are compromised by adversaries, meaning the Pentagon must integrate controls that can continuously monitor and authenticate users and their devices as they move through the network.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/12/09/dod-zero-trust-strategy-2-0-expected-early-2026/
