By Gabriel Schonzeit, President of IDSecurityOnline.com Over the last few years, ID card systems have evolved to become widely available to organizations of all sizes. However, most systems available on the market are Windows-based, excluding de facto an ever-growing percentage of potential users. Does that mean that Mac users cannot operate their own ID system? […]

The Internal Revenue Service could save up to $300 million annually by outsourcing an identity credential, according to a report compiled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Moreover, the IRS stands to save $111 million up front should it establish an identity management system that aligns with the National Strategy for Trusted Identities […]

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has had an identity and access management road map in place for a number of years. “It encompasses things like directory services, single sign-on identity management provisioning, and we have best-of-breed applications at the enterprise here for each of those areas,” says Frank Morrow, program manager for Identity and Access Management […]

Michigan’s Department of Human Services will use a $1.3 million NSTIC grant to pilot an automated initiative to help clients establish their identity and avoid concerns related to cyber fraud. Michigan is among the top states for identity theft complaints, and today half of the agency’s applications for benefits are made online. “We just want […]

Troop ID is part of the ID.me identity network and a digital authentication engine for verifying active military members and veterans online. The system enables users to both share and protect their information and sensitive data. “ID.me is essentially PayPal for digital identity where we’ve created a digital ID card for members of the military […]

Privacy Vaults Online, commonly known as PRIVO, was established in 2001 to enable web sites to comply with the Children’s online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). “We embarked on building the tools necessary for companies to comply with the law – tools built around identity management,” says Denise Tayloe, PRIVO co-founder and CEO. Additionally, the company has […]

“Advancing a national strategy for assuring one’s identity in cyberspace isn’t really a particularly easy proposition,” says Brad McGoran, a principal engineer at Exponent. The company has provided independent testing of various identity technologies for years and is one of the largest engineering and scientific consulting firms in the U.S. Exponent emerged in the 1960’s […]

The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) was born out of a challenge shared by aerospace and defense companies: the need to be able to securely collaborate with suppliers, teammates and government customers. So together, they agreed to work on ways to securely email and share documents as well as how to trust each other’s issued […]

Georgia Tech Research Institute is the non-profit research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The research institute was established nearly 80 years ago and has long partnered with government and industry to solve complex problems through innovation and customer-focused research and education. The institute’s proposal for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace […]

The December meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com and SecureIDNews.com were on hand to cover the event and have provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to […]