# Zero Trust Must Protect Sensitive Data From the Beginning by Defense Intelligence Agency > "Zero trust is critical in the current digital battlespace, and the Agency must safeguard the most sensitive data from the very beginning. Breaches must be detected quickly, and adversaries defeated at the perimeter." > **— Defense Intelligence Agency**, *September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap* ## Sources and Context - **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap](https://www.dia.mil/News-Features/Articles/Article-View/Article/4591870/2026-dodiis-worldwide-jumpstarting-the-defense-intelligence-agencys-renewed-int/) — DIA connects zero-trust architecture to rapid breach detection and perimeter defense. - **Routing classification:** CT-enabling defense-intelligence cyber architecture. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/DoDIIS Worldwide Conference|DoDIIS Worldwide Conference]] - [[wiki/Technical Intelligence|Technical Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Hardware Security|Hardware Security]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Zero trust is critical in the current digital battlespace, and the Agency must safeguard the most sensitive data from the very beginning. Breaches must be detected quickly, and adversaries defeated at the perimeter." — Defense Intelligence Agency, September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-conference-zero-trust-must-protect-sensitive-data-from-the-beginning ```