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Summer homework: NIST welcomes comments until 7/31 on draft privacy risk management framework

May 29, 2015

Naomi Lefkovitz

Earlier today, the privacy engineering team at NIST released its draft NIST Internal Report 8062, Privacy Risk Management for Federal Information Systems, and is seeking comments on that draft. This

As NSTIC Turns 4…

March 30, 2015

Jeremy Grant

Next month, the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace will celebrate its fourth “NSTICiversary” – marking four years since President Obama called for industry, advocates, agencies

The IDESG hits a big milestone on the road to creating the Identity Ecosystem Framework

March 19, 2015

Jeremy Grant

The Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) has been hard at work delivering on version 1 of the Identity Ecosystem Framework (IDEF). This week, the steering group hit a major milestone: meeting a

BREAKING NEWS: NSTIC NPO Announces 2015 Pilot Project Funding

February 12, 2015

Jeremy Grant

The NSTIC NPO has just announced a 4 th round of pilot program funding in 2015 for fresh and innovative identity solutions! The Strategy calls for the private sector to lead the development of an

A Great Leap Forward: Thoughts on Last Week’s IDESG Plenary in Atlanta

February 5, 2015

Jeremy Grant

Something was distinctly different last week as more than 120 people gathered, both in person and virtually, for a meeting of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG). Perhaps inspired by the