Smart Card Alliance Government Conference Day One: Experts Talk NSTIC and Moving Away From -Broken Passwords-

Smart Card Alliance Government Conference Day One: Experts Talk NSTIC and Moving Away From -Broken Passwords-

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwire) — 11/03/11 — Passwords are broken, and key logging, man-in-the-middle, phishing, and malware attacks have made the industry-s reliance on passwords the soft underbelly of the Internet, according to Jeremy Grant, senior executive adviser for identity management at NIST and the manager responsible for creating the national program office for the (NSTIC).Addressing attendees at the , taking place this week through November 4th at the Ronald Reagan International T

Smart Card Alliance Submits Comments to NIST on Establishing NSTIC Steering Governance

Smart Card Alliance Submits Comments to NIST on Establishing NSTIC Steering Governance

PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — After the Obama Administration-s (NSTIC), the Smart Card Alliance announced today that it has submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the establishment of NSTIC governance."As an industry group committed to security and trust of identities in cyberspace and the physical world, we endorse NSTIC and want to see it succeed," said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card