Trusted Identities
The federal government’s draft National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC, outlines a strategy for creating an "identity ecosystem" that would let the public make credit card purchases, retrieve medical records, file taxes, and conduct all manner of business online with a portable, secure electronic identity. Users would be able to complete these transactions with minimal exchange of personal information. A service provider could leverage the identification and authentication previously done by a like-minded business. Transactions could even be made via cell phones because all parties involved would have their digital identities authenticated by an authoritative third party of their choice. The NSTIC document outlines a step-by-step plan to establish and cultivate the identity ecosystem.
About the Author
Myisha Frazier-McElveen is identity management practice manager for Truestone, a provider of enterprise IT, cyber security and systems integration to the federal government. Ms. Frazier-McElveen has over 10 years of experience in public and private sector identity management, including business development, product and project management. She is a frequent speaker on identity management and cyber-related issues and has received an award for an identity management deployment from the Environmental Protection Agency. Ms. Frazier-McElveen holds a BS in policy analysis from Cornell University.
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