AFCEA West: Advancing Navy’s Cloud, Zero Trust for Future Defense

Security and agility are critical to balancing the Department of the Navy's zero-trust journey amid evolving cloud modernization priorities. At AFCEA West in San Diego, California, DON’s CIO Jane Rathbun discussed the service’s recent zero-trust achievements with its Flank Speed initiative to enable secure cloud deployment. Rathbun shared some of the lessons learned for other organizations throughout the journey. She also highlighted how collaboration between cyber operators, acquisition communities, resource sponsors and requirement owners enabled the service’s success and discussed how the role of operator feedback, especially from cyber operators, is shaping IT architecture and future modernization.