NIST Zero Trust Architecture Forum

The NCCoE will use the ZTA Forum to share updates on our zero trust projects, people, and events, and engage with the group to refine NIST NCCoE guidance on zero trust, advance the principles and tenets of zero trust, and inform the NCCoE’s ZTA projects.

For members, the ZTA Forum will provide the ability to connect and network with a community of zero trust practitioners across the United States and the world. There is no cost to join and participate in the ZTA Forum.

Membership and Platform

Membership is open to individuals with an interest in planning, designing, building, and managing or maintaining a zero trust architecture. To join, members are asked to share their email address and reason for joining. A ZTA Forum group administrator will review and accept your membership to the Forum. 

The ZTA Forum uses Google Groups. Members can use either a personal or corporate email address to join and participate. 

Communication within the ZTA Forum is subject to federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws and may be released by NIST in response to a FOIA request.

Sharing valuable insight is our top priority. ZTA Forum members will be asked to adhere to the guidelines for posting outlined below. If you see something you believe may violate the guidelines, please email us at nist-nccoe-zta@list.nist.gov.  

• Use the ZTA Forum for professional discussions on planning, designing, building, and managing or maintaining zero trust architectures.
• Share challenges, best practices, questions, and lessons learned while avoiding self-promotion or company product promotion that seeks monetary gain.
• Participate in discussions; members can post responses to the group with the knowledge that all members will receive the response posted.
• Keep content and posts professionally relevant and on topic.
• Keep your subject lines clear and to the point.
• Do not share job postings or solicit for employment.
• Do not post personally identifiable information.
• Avoid posting issues with specific products or services. Issues with products or services should be routed to your service provider directly. 

NIST reserves the right to unsubscribe members who do not comply with the intent of the service that NIST has provided for ZTA Forum use.

Initially, NIST NCCoE staff will be moderating discussions in the ZTA Forum. We want to publish all discussions, but we expect conversations to follow the conventions of polite discourse. Therefore, we will not post discussions that:

• Contain vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive terms that target protected classes
• Promote services or products (non-commercial links that are relevant to the ZTA Forum and its discussions are acceptable)
• Are off topic
• Are accusatory in nature

We recognize that the internet is a 24/7 medium, and your posts are welcome any time. However, moderating and posting of discussions will generally occur during business hours Monday through Friday (Eastern). If you post to the ZTA Forum after hours or on weekends, we will read and post them as early as possible the next business day.

If you have any questions about our moderation policy or how we apply it, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please note, you do not need a Google account to be part of the ZTA Forum. However, you may not be able to access the ZTA Forum archives and update your own subscription settings if you cannot access the ZTA Forum Google Group.

Please refer to the ZTA Forum Google Group Overview and Resource Guide for more information on joining and engaging in the ZTA Forum.