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Randy Resnick, director of the young Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office at the Pentagon, told government and industry leaders on Tuesday to anticipate a “directive type” memo that will give his office more authority to put pressure on the Defense Department to meet cybersecurity deadlines.
The memo will give Resnick’s office “bite” and an “ability to command and control zero trust in the Department of Defense,” he said.
At the inception of the portfolio office, which was stood up in 2022, Resnick said he was told his office didn’t have Title 10 authority to set zero-trust requirements or priorities. Military officials said they had to hear orders from their commands. In a nutshell, Title 10 is what gives DoD power to make decisions. It assigns the defense secretary “authority, direction and control” over all subordinate agencies and commands.
When the zero-trust office came on the scene, it was new, and Resnick is now working to ensure his team has the ability to act as subject-matter experts on zero trust.