ICAM and SBOMs: The Path to Zero Trust

Federal agencies are faced with evolving cybersecurity priorities around new executive orders and other efforts to keep data and systems secure amid high-profile breaches. Air Force’s BESPIN Software Factory CTO James “Guideaux” Crocker and Dynatrace Federal CTO Willie Hicks discuss the path to zero trust, the barriers to implementing some of these efforts in the federal space as well as some approaches to these challenges, including ICAM solutions and SBOMs.

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James "Guideaux" Crocker CTO, BESPIN, U.S. Air Force
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Willie Hicks Federal CTO, Dynatrace
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