Enterprises of all shapes and sizes are in the midst of a digital transformation that includes many changes to business processes and IT systems. Chief among these changes is moving on-premise systems to the cloud along with security and identity and access management.

Trust frameworks are probably one of the more complex areas of federated digital identities. NIST wants to educated and get feedback from the public on the “rules of the road” for federated identity systems.

Consumers are tired of creating accounts and coming up with unique passwords for each and every web site. This is leading to security fatigue and it’s putting consumers at risk at work and at home

The White House, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and more than 35 companies have launched a campaign to encourage individuals to move beyond user names and passwords. “Lock Down Your Login,” is designed to empower Americans to better protect their online accounts and move beyond usernames and passwords and adopt strong authentication for online accounts.

Oberthur Technologies’ Lasink solution has started to be deployed across Costa Rica for the country’s national ID program; Equiniti and Daon rollout mobile on boarding for UK banks; the EU awards contract for biometric visas to Accenture, Safran Identity & Security and Atos.

Lenovo, Intel, Synaptics and PayPal are collaborating to bring simple and safe authentication experiences to enterprise and consumer use cases. Lenovo customers to be able to authenticate to online FIDO-enabled services by using a fingerprint instead of a password.

Nominations are open and will be accepted through Oct. 15. Nominees may include those working for biometric companies, peripheral suppliers, system integrators, academia, government and end user organizations.