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Cybersecurity Insights

a NIST blog

My heart bleeds for better identity solutions, my brain is excited by the progress

April 22, 2014

Jeremy Grant

Last week marked three years since President Obama signed the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). In the NSTIC, the President called for a new private-public sector

Interim Identity Ecosystem: “Are we there yet?”

November 6, 2013

Jeremy Grant

This past July, I noted at the IDESG Plenary meeting in Boston that discussions relating to trust frameworks and trustmarks appeared to have splintered into a number of camps, ranging from

Foundations, Hurricanes and Forward Progress

November 14, 2012

Jeremy Grant

The last two weeks have been full of activity around NSTIC implementation – and thanks to the weather, have challenged NSTIC stakeholders to be incredibly flexible in finding creative ways to move

Collaborating on Privacy in the Identity Ecosystem: Process and Opportunity

It’s hard to 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

Creating Trustmark Compounds from Trust Elements

Recently, there has been considerable discussion within the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) and elsewhere regarding trust frameworks, trustmarks, accreditation criteria, and identity