This introductory guide explains the core concepts of digital identity and how they apply to public benefits programs. This guide is the first part of a suite of voluntary resources from the BalanceID Project: Enabling Secure Access and Managing Risk in SNAP and Medicaid.
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. This guideline focuses on the use of federated identity and the use of assertions to implement identity federations. Federation allows a given credential service provider to provide authentication and (optionally) subscriber attributes to a number of separately-administered relying parties.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Government leaders discuss how to ensure seamless access to public benefits through breaking down silos, user-friendly digital identities, and privacy-focused security measures.
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. This guideline focuses on the enrollment and verification of an identity for use in digital authentication.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
This resource provides updated draft digital identity guidelines for identity proofing, authentication, and federation, aiming to improve security, privacy, usability, and equity in digital identity systems.
NIST has created a voluntary AI risk management framework, in partnership with public and private sectors, to promote trustworthy AI development and usage.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The AI RMF Playbook offers organizations detailed, voluntary guidance for implementing the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to map, measure, manage, and govern AI risks effectively.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
This profile provides a cross-sectoral profile of the AI Risk Management Framework specifically for Generative AI (GAI), outlining risks unique to or exacerbated by GAI and offering detailed guidance for organizations to govern, map, measure, and manage those risks responsibly.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
These guidelines from the National Institutes of Standard and Technology provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. These guidelines focus on the authentication of subjects interacting with government systems over open networks, establishing that a given claimant is a subscriber who has been previously authenticated.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) Introductory Courses offer free, self-paced online training on managing cybersecurity and privacy risks using NIST’s RMF methodology and related publications.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
