A Safer Internet?

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The NSTIC is rolling out a voluntary plan to buttress authentication on the Internet. Under this endeavor, an individual would authenticate themselves to a third party (a public or private identity provider), who in turn would vouch for an individual's authentication. Individuals would authenticate themselves to a chosen third party with a cell phone application, smart card, or other device (i.e., some type of token). Third party identity providers would have no need for an individual's private information, nor would they keep it (theoretically); all they would do is vouch for an individual's authenticity.This is done in an effort to combat cyber crime such as identity theft or stolen passwords. The NSTIC wants to do this because cyber crime is an expensive issue to deal with, both in actual costs (approximately $600 per incident to fix) and opportunity costs (that is, individuals are reluctant to participate in e-commerce).



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