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About the Author

Gary Barlet is the Federal Chief Technology Officer at Illumio, where he is
responsible for working with government agencies, contractors and the
broader ecosystem to build in Zero Trust Segmentation as a strategic
component of the government Zero Trust architecture. Previously, Gary
served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Office of the Inspector
General, United States Postal Service. He has held key positions on several
CIO staffs, including the Chief of Ground Networks for the Air Force CIO and
Chief of Networks for the Air National Guard CIO, where he was responsible
for information technology policy and providing technical expertise to senior
leadership. He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Air
Force, where he served as a Cyberspace Operations Officer for 20 years.
Gary can be reached online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-barlet-
4384115/ and at our company website https://www.illumio.com/.

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