Cybersecurity Insights

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Cybersecurity Insights

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Identity Ecosystem Steering Group to Launch August 15-16, 2012 in Chicago

Last week we shared the exciting news of an award to Trusted Federal Systems (TFS) to serve as the formal convener and secretariat for the soon-to-be-established Identity Ecosystem Steering Group

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

For Immediate Release: September 20, 2012 The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced more than $9 million in grant awards to support the

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

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

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

Websites often struggle with the trade-offs between increased security and user convenience. Many of the NSTIC pilots are confronting this challenge head-on, piloting solutions that demonstrate