Zero Trust Authentication

• Centre government has set up secure e-mail for 10,000 users in critical ministries.
• In the wake of cyberattacks, the Centre has set up a secure e-mail set-up for 10,000 users in critical ministries and departments.
• The e-mail system that works on Zero Trust Authentication (ZTA) has been designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
  • NIC works under the purview of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
• The 10,000 emails span across 17 union ministries and departments.

ABOUT ZTA

• ZTA is a security concept and framework that operates on the principle of “never trust, always verify.”
• This approach to cybersecurity is a significant shift from traditional security models that operated under the assumption that everything inside an organization’s network should be trusted.
• In contrast, Zero Trust assumes that trust is never granted implicitly but must be continually evaluated and authenticated, regardless of the user’s location or the network’s perimeter.
• Implementation of Zero Trust requires technologies like identity and access management (IAM), data encryption, endpoint security, and network segmentation tools.