Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Trusted identity plan unleashed

Thursday, June 9, 2011


Now comes the hard part for NSTIC

When the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace was released in April some described it was “Woodstock for identity geeks.” Industry officials were excited to see the plan and hear what was announced, but there weren’t a lot of surprises.

The goal of the strategy is to protect privacy, fight identity theft and fraud, drive economic growth by driving business online and create a platform for new Web services, said a White House administration official. User names and passwords are no longer good enough and potentially pose a national security risk. In order to secure online identities, something more is needed–be it a smart card, USB token, mobile device or something else.

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