NIST seeks comment on revisions to guidance on digital identity security, sets January webinar

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has opened for comment a draft update to its “four volume suite” of digital identity assurance guidelines, posing a lengthy list of questions on identity proofing, risk management integration, privacy and other security and equity issues.

“The guidelines present the process and technical requirements for meeting digital identity management assurance levels for identity proofing, authentication, and federation, including requirements for security and privacy as well as considerations for fostering equity and the usability...