Enter: NSTIC (National Strategy For Trusted Identities In Cyberspace) I was certain it ran a lot deeper than that. When authorship launched, it seemed to support my theory that Google+ was more an identity platform than a social media venture.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to move away from providing credentials and instead leverage the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC, according to CMS Chief Information Officer Tony Trenkle”
This means that the NSTIC, or National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, framework now has federally recognized and certified identity providers. National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) ~ Whitehouse Site PDF
According to the White House Blog Post of October 14, 2011, Google, PayPal and Equifax are the first three official, federally credentialed, Identity Providers of the NSTICs (National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace) Identity Ecosystem.
The U.S.government has been working with entities in the private sector on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). Perhaps we should participate, but there are tremendous national and international policy issues with...
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC or Strategy) charts a course for the public and private sectors to collaborate to raise the level of trust associated with the identities of individuals, organizations, networks...
