CSIS-McAfee report finds cyber opportunities in modernizing Social Security number system

Modernizing the Social Security number system offers policymakers the chance to create a new system of online identification that could help tackle one of the most daunting challenges around digital identity, according to a new report written by James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and developed in tandem with McAfee.

The report, “Modernizing the Social Security Number,” was released today and asserts that “Modernizing the SSN gives the U.S. an opportunity to fix one of...