Red Hat’s Adam Clater on navigating zero trust’s unknowns

As part of the 2025 Zero Trust Summit, Adam Clater, Chief Architect for Civilian Agencies at Red Hat, discussed the operational challenges government agencies face in implementing zero trust. He emphasized the importance of understanding end-user access control and automation. Clater noted that the vast scope of zero trust poses significant challenges, with many unknowns for senior executives. He stressed that the zero-trust journey is long and evolving, with goals potentially shifting as technology changes. Despite these challenges, Clater encouraged starting with user identification and moving forward with PIV to host authentication.