Booz Allen’s Imran Umar says zero trust requires overcoming key challenges

At the 2025 Zero Trust Summit, Imran Umar, Vice President of Zero Trust at Booz Allen, identifies three major technical challenges for government agencies transitioning to a zero-trust environment: managing technical debt from legacy infrastructure, ensuring interoperability of new systems, and accelerating innovation to meet the Department of Defense’s demands. He also highlights two significant operational challenges: the cultural shift required to integrate various security functions and the operational need for AI to process vast amounts of telemetry data efficiently.