Innovation in Government: Fighting Cyber Threats with Identity Management

At the heart of U.S. government agencies’ missions is assurance that the right person is accessing the right information at the right time – for the right reason. Identity Management is the key. It’s the organizational process for identifying, authenticating and authorizing individuals or groups of people to have access to applications, systems or networks by associating user rights and restrictions with established identities. On the “Innovation in Government Cyber Leaders” show, the creation and use of policies, standards, implementation and architecture to support robust and reliable Identity Management was the focus of our discussion.