# Organizations Strengthen Zero Trust Onboarding

A sponsored cybersecurity article argues that Zero Trust protections can be weakened when organizations issue new-hire credentials, multifactor authentication, devices, and system access before verifying identity. It promotes Specops Secure Onboarding, which adds document validation and biometric liveness checks to onboarding and service-desk workflows. The signal identifies no government solicitation, award, contract value, or procurement contact, so it indicates a potential capability area rather than an active buying opportunity.

- Procurement teams evaluating identity and access management solutions can assess whether identity checks occur before credentials and access are issued, including during service-desk workflows.
- Specops Software is presented as the product provider; agencies and contractors can compare its described document-validation and biometric liveness capabilities with their existing onboarding controls.
- The article is sponsored content, not evidence of FBI adoption or a federal procurement action; the signal provides no specific acquisition pathway or deadline.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 01, 2026

### Government Entities
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

### Vendors
- Specops Software ()

### Sources
- [The Day-One Hole in Zero Trust Architecture](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-day-one-hole-in-zero-trust-architecture) - BleepingComputer