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Last week, the Department of Homeland Security released its Draft National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

The strategy includes 4 goals.

Goal 1: Develop a comprehensive Identity Ecosystem Framework

Goal 2: Build and implement an interoperable identity infrastructure aligned with the Identity Ecosystem Framework

Goal 3: Enhance confidence and willingness to participate in the Identity Ecosystem

Goal 4: Ensure the long-term success of the Identity Ecosystem

Discussion and comments are online.

Such an ecosystem could address

*the multiple passwords problem we all face in our organizations

*the challenge of maintaining Public Key Infrastructure locally or regionally

*the complexity of securing the endpoints in health information exchange

*digital signature as needed for many compliance requirements

*federated authentication requirements among collaborators

An ecosystem of identity management that simplifies authentication in our local, regional and federal applications - that's cool!