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Cybersecurity Insights

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TIG in action at next week's Federal Identity Forum, IDESG Plenary

September 8, 2017

Mike Garcia

We may have spent more than a year working with you to update major federal guidance – we’re looking at you, Special Publication (SP) 800-63 – but our work is far from complete. Now we're on to the

How will they measure up? RTI awarded to evaluate the class of 2016 state and local pilots!

September 7, 2017

Mike Garcia

NIST is the federal government’s measurement agency. While the ultimate goal is innovation and adoption in the market, we need to know that the solutions being deployed present an advance for

Return of the Great Zoltan! Our 800-63 FAQs answer life’s most perplexing questions (about digital identity, anyway).

July 27, 2017

Paul Grassi

It’s been more than a month since we released Special Publication 800-63: Digital Identity Guidelines, and we have been thrilled by all the positive feedback – we are glad you like it as much as we do

Mic Drop — Announcing the New Special Publication 800-63 Suite!

June 22, 2017

Paul Grassi

More than a year in the making, after a large, cross-industry effort, we are proud to announce that the new Special Publication (SP) 800-63 IS. NOW. FINAL. With your help, Electronic Authentication

REGISTER NOW - Privacy Risk Assessment: Prerequisite for Privacy Risk Management Workshop

May 10, 2017

Naomi Lefkovitz

We are pleased to announce the next workshop in NIST's ongoing series on privacy engineering and risk management - Privacy Risk Assessment: A Prerequisite for Privacy Risk Management, to be held in