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NSTIC Pilot Demonstrates How Identity Can Enable New Models in Financial Services

October 21, 2014
… between increased security and user convenience. Many of the NSTIC pilots are confronting this challenge head-on, piloting solutions … and privacy is not at odds with convenience. ID/Dataweb, through its NSTIC Pilot with Broadridge Financial Solutions, is enabling just this … bind email addresses to real identities. ID/Dataweb, as part of its NSTIC pilot, has successfully deployed an Attribute Exchange Network …

NSTIC 2014 Pilot Opportunity Underway!

January 17, 2014
… The NSTIC National Program Office is pleased to announce the kickoff of a third round of NSTIC pilot projects – providing another opportunity for stakeholders … for details, click here . Pilots have been an integral part of the NSTIC implementation plan, with NIST looking to fund pilot solutions …

Press Release: Five Pilot Projects Receive Grants to Promote Online Security and Privacy

September 20, 2012
… to support the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). Five U.S. organizations will pilot identity solutions that … with more control over how they share their personal information. NSTIC is a White House initiative to work collaboratively with the … and public-sector agencies. The selected pilot proposals advance the NSTIC vision that individuals and organizations adopt secure, …

Creating Trustmark Compounds from Trust Elements

January 13, 2014
… Authored by: Kat Megas, Senior Pilot Programs Manager, NSTIC; and Ken Klingenstein, Internet2 Recently, there has been … to advance the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), this sort of cross-federation trust is essential to a vibrant … discussions, Internet2, as part of the work being conducted under its NSTIC pilot, recently presented a list of identified trust elements …

Welcome to NSTIC Notes, the official blog of the National Program Office implementing the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace!

May 23, 2012
… issued the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), which charted a course for the public and private sectors to … tools available to consumers who want them.” As part of launching NSTIC, the Department of Commerce established a National Program Office to lead implementation of NSTIC across the public and private sectors.  In the months to come, we …

WHOA-OH! WE’RE HALFWAY THERE! Happy NSTICiversary!

April 15, 2016
… a little hard to believe, but today marks the 5 th anniversary of the NSTIC , the strategy for achieving trusted digital identities in a … to improve digital identity and online interactions and achieve the NSTIC vision that individuals and organizations utilize secure, … which includes requirements for organizations to align with the NSTIC Guiding Principles, along with supplemental guidance and a …

Goals of NSTIC past, present, and future: NCSA guest blog interview

July 15, 2015
… Alliance recently caught up with Mike Garcia, acting director of the NSTIC NPO, to jumpstart their new executive Q&A blog series! This interview will give you a glimpse into what the NSTIC NPO has accomplished in the last four years and what we’ve got … 16 th at 3 p.m. ET. Follow the conversation using #ChatSTC. … Goals of NSTIC past, present, and future: NCSA guest blog interview …

Shout it Out Loud: Enhancing Privacy Can Increase Profits!

September 3, 2014
… Among the questions we’re asked most frequently about NSTIC is: why are trusted identities good for business? The NSTIC pilots have collectively started to answer that question, … profits. One of the better examples of this has been the work done by NSTIC pilot awardee ID.me. In 2013, ID.me received a $2.8M cooperative …

Collaborating on Privacy in the Identity Ecosystem: Process and Opportunity

July 27, 2012
… talk about the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) without someone asking about privacy.  This is for a good reason:  while the Identity Ecosystem called for in the NSTIC has the potential to generate numerous benefits for individuals, … The good news is that privacy is baked in from the start in NSTIC.  In fact, privacy is one of the four guiding principles upon …
Celebrating 50 years of Cybersecurity at NIST

Identity and Access Management at NIST: A Rich History and Dynamic Future

June 10, 2022
Nelson Hastings, Andrew Regenscheid, Hildegard Ferraiolo, David Temoshok, Bill Fisher
… National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) In April 2011, President Obama signed the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), which  called for the public and private sectors to collaborate … secure, and privacy-enhancing transactions anywhere online. The  NSTIC objective was to advance four guiding principles for all identity …

As NSTIC Turns 4…

March 30, 2015
Jeremy Grant
… online. With this anniversary, I’ll be leaving my role as head of the NSTIC National Program Office (NPO), off to find the next great … into my role, and I’m excited to see what he and the rest of the NSTIC team accomplish in the next phase of this important program. As I … I’ve been asked by a lot of colleagues “where do you think we are with NSTIC?” My answer has been that the country is in a great spot. At its …

Save the Date: NSTIC identity proofing, authentication, and attributes workshop - January 2016

September 29, 2015
… We’re thrilled to announce that on January 12-13, 2016, the NSTIC National Program Office, with our colleagues here in NIST’s … online identity! Stay tuned for registration information on our new NSTIC events page and for the release of our white papers. …and remember to follow us on Twitter ! … Save the Date: NSTIC identity proofing, authentication, and attributes workshop - …

Everybody Needs Identity.

November 28, 2014
… backdrop, the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is focused on empowering individuals to better protect their … a technology to be “easy to use.” For this reason, one focus of the NSTIC pilots has been to test how different types of consumers respond to different types of identity solutions. Collectively, the NSTIC pilots have touched students, parents, patients, seniors, …

Identity is the Great Enabler: Putting Patients at the Center of Health IT

January 20, 2015
… privacy. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is a White House initiative that aims to solve the identity … improve the privacy, security, and convenience of online transactions. NSTIC focuses not just on identity technology, but on a range of other … liability, privacy and interoperability. Since its launch in 2011, the NSTIC National Program Office (NPO) has worked closely with the Office …

Citius, Altius, Fortius: Announcing 6 new pilot projects across 10 states (and D.C.!)

August 25, 2016
… in London, NIST was preparing to announce our very first set of NSTIC pilot projects. As the flame goes out in Rio, we’re setting new … back. In 2012, adoption of trusted identities that aligned with the NSTIC vision weren’t even a blip on the familiar ‘s-shaped’ technology … that, despite tremendous efforts by many, was all too common pre-NSTIC. Today, that ecosystem is alive, well, and rapidly expanding. Our …

A Retrospective Look: Eating our own dog food with dogged determination

April 30, 2015
… what not to do. Being the guinea pig is no easy feat, but we at the NSTIC NPO are embracing the challenge since we believe this is vital to … the commercial adoption of identity solutions. After all, the NSTIC was clear that building a healthy identity ecosystem would … government working as an early adopter is the partnership with the NSTIC NPO, the General Services Administration (GSA), and the U.S. …

NIST joins the FIDO Alliance

June 9, 2015
… which is home to the National Program Office for implementing the NSTIC, is committed to bringing stronger authentication to individuals … to the FIDO table,” said Mike Garcia, acting director of the NSTIC NPO. Being a member of the FIDO Alliance will help government … to access government services through Connect.Gov,” added Paul Grassi, NSTIC standards and technology lead. This partnership will also support …

Big Pilots Drive the Big Picture: Building an Ecosystem of Ecosystems

September 17, 2013
… No one ever claimed that implementing the NSTIC would be easy or that any one organization – private or public – … out there already operating in some sort of identity ecosystem, the NSTIC National Program Office (NPO) recognizes that the ecosystem of a … the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange , and funded the first set of NSTIC pilots in 2012 to help catalyze a marketplace of identity …

Come Hang Out With Us to Talk Identity and Innovation in Health Care

December 5, 2014
Jeremy Grant
… the identity conundrum, leveraging new approaches spurred in part by NSTIC.  The Hangout, on December 18 th at 2:00 PM, will highlight what the NSTIC NPO is doing, in concert with the private sector, to try to … proofing process. The Hangout will feature Jeremy Grant from the NSTIC NPO and Eve Maler, VP of Innovation & Emerging Technology at …