From: Security Boulevard
Seven years ago, the Obama Administration published the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). NSTIC called for an Identity Ecosystem, “an online environment where individuals and organizations will be able to trust each other because they follow agreed upon standards to obtain and authenticate their digital identities.”
Born out of the NSTIC and operating under grants from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) is a private sector-led, not-for-profit organization. Any identity ecosystem requires trust and specifically, a trust framework. The IDESG’s Identity Ecosystem Framework provides a set of standards and policies that enables individuals and organizations to use a new generation of more secure, convenient, privacy-enhancing credentials that are interoperable across the internet. Full disclosure, I currently serve on the IDESG’s Board of Directors.
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