Ryan Galluzzo News Today

Americans recognize the challenge of securing their social safety net. What exactly that means appears to remain a source of some confusion.

This week saw challenges facing digital ID programs, from interoperability to biometric technology procurement, corporate identity to digital transformation.

Groups working on digital ID development stress that strong governance frameworks are a prerequisite for successfully implementing digital ID schemes.

Authentication standards like FIDO and NIST can help usher in passwordless authentication methods that are user-centric and more phishing-resistant.

Biometrics performance requirements have been upgraded and identity assurance levels revised in the latest draft update to the NIST Digital Identity Guidelines.

Ryan Galluzzo from NIST’s Information Technology Lab presented the update at the hybrid event hosted by the Open Identity Exchange.