Agencies are moving from virtual private networks (VPNs) to more robust identity management solutions as they implement Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 architectures, said TIC Program Manager Sean Connelly.
VPNs allow inherited trust to be embedded in architectures, but agencies are migrating to a zero-trust security model that takes inherited trust out of the digital system.
For instance primes on the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions network modernization contract all have software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), and broadband or another form of internet access offerings. And all are leveraging TIC‘s recently finalized Branch Office Use Case.
“When we talk TIC 3.0, [VPNs are] really not even being discussed as a modern solution for a lot of those architectures,” Connelly said during the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop on Thursday. “So you’re scaling away from the VPN, itself.”
Instead TIC 3.0 lets agencies plan remote user access while shrinking trust zones around high-value assets to reduce their attack surface.
Agencies should include Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services (MTIPS) and TIC Access Provider (TICAP) costs when comparing an existing VPN with a fully secure, remote user solution, said Zain Ahmed, regional vice president of Lumen Technologies.
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