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Cybersecurity Insights

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

Addressing Health IT privacy and security concerns are complicated. Often the focus is to zero in on a specific technical solution and leave the often more important issues – policy, privacy, business

Announcing Draft Special Publication 800-63-3: Digital Authentication Guideline!

Today, we’re releasing the public preview of draft Special Publication 800-63-3, Digital Authentication Guideline. We’re excited to share the updates we’ve made—along with the new process that enables

NSTIC Welcomes Trusted Federal Systems as Secretariat of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IESG)

We’re pleased today to announce a major milestone in the implementation of the NSTIC: the award of a two-year grant to an organization that will serve as the formal convener and secretariat for the

NSTIC Pilot Common Considerations 5: An Identity Ecosystem Functional Model for the Modern Market

In this fifth blog in our series highlighting some of the common questions and observations that have emerged as the NSTIC pilots continue to move forward, we build upon the previous blogs on

Back to Basics: What’s multi-factor authentication - and why should I care?

Here’s the traditional, not so secure way to log in to your bank account: enter your username and that familiar password you probably use for most of your online accounts. Then, you’re in. You can go