http://blogs.cisco.com Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/establishing-trust-in-the-nstic/ http://blogs.cisco.com/security/establishing-trust-in-the-nstic/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:29:15 +0000 Jim Fenton http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=33671 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/establishing-trust-in-the-nstic/feed/ 1 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/adapting-levels-of-assurance-for-the-nstic/ http://blogs.cisco.com/security/adapting-levels-of-assurance-for-the-nstic/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 14:16:59 +0000 Jim Fenton http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=30955 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/adapting-levels-of-assurance-for-the-nstic/feed/ 5 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/credential-and-attribute-providers-in-the-nstic/ http://blogs.cisco.com/security/credential-and-attribute-providers-in-the-nstic/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 15:24:58 +0000 Jim Fenton http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=29769 National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) describes two types of intermediaries between subjects (users) and relying parties: identity providers and attribute providers. This is a separation not frequently found in identity systems. In order to emphasize this distinction, I often use the term “credential provider” or “authentication provider” rather than identity provider to refer to a service that provides authentication services and makes assertions resulting from authentication but does not directly provide attributes about the subject.]]> http://blogs.cisco.com/security/credential-and-attribute-providers-in-the-nstic/feed/ 3 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/identity-intermediaries-and-the-nstic/ http://blogs.cisco.com/security/identity-intermediaries-and-the-nstic/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:40:02 +0000 Jim Fenton http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=28841 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/identity-intermediaries-and-the-nstic/feed/ 2 http://blogs.cisco.com/security/nstic-strategy-released/ http://blogs.cisco.com/security/nstic-strategy-released/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:45:35 +0000 Jim Fenton http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=28146 I blogged about a draft of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) that had been released for public comment. This past April 15, the finalized NSTIC strategy document was released at an event at the US Chamber of Commerce.]]> http://blogs.cisco.com/security/nstic-strategy-released/feed/ 2