NASCIO Call-to-Action: The Necessity for Maturing Identity and Access Management in State Government

As state leaders act to streamline services, consolidate IT infrastructure and perform more efficiently, trusted digital identities and their authentication becomes a critical enabler with the digital ecosystem. All levels of government and the private sector, are confronted by this challenge and are working together to create common policy, guidelines, standards, and responsibilities to protect cyber assets and ensure appropriate mechanisms are in place for a coordinated identity ecosystem. This guidance presents the value proposition along with key factors for establishing an enterprise-wide approach to identity management.

 

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