Across the U.S. government, organizations are pursuing a zero trust strategy for data-centric security. They’re racing to achieve key milestones on the road to zero trust architecture (ZTA) implementation. Mandates and emerging threats are driving the momentum. But zero trust brings many benefits to organizations beyond compliance. It strengthens operational security and resilience. It positions organizations to increasingly power their missions with data. And it enhances the user experience for their people. Users gain simplified, modern, and improved ways to securely access services from any device and from any place. What’s more, organizations can achieve the required zero trust capabilities without starting from scratch: They can harness lessons learned from ongoing ZTA implementation work to streamline and accelerate their own path to these benefits.​