NS-TIC

National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace: Securing the Internet or Attacking Civil Liberties? - by DHS Fellows

On Thursday, March 24, 2011, two Department of Homeland Security Fellows at Syracuse University spoke on  National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace: Securing the Internet or Attacking Civil Liberties?  A PDF file of the slides that they used can be downloaded here.  Below is an outline of their presentation.

National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace: Securing the Internet or Attacking Civil Liberties?

 Disclaimers

This presentation was developed under a DHS Science and Technology Assistance Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It has not been formally reviewed by DHS. The views and conclusions contained in this presentation are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this presentation.

 This presentation is not intended to advocate for or against the NS-TIC but to provide an overview of the issues surrounding it and identity management in general.

 About Us

• Jeff Keesom – JD / MPA ’12 (Law / Maxwell)
  • BS - Computer Science; BA - Political Science
    University of Rochester (2008)
  • MS – Software Engineering
    Rochester Institute of Technology (2009)
  • 5 years software development experience for  various organizations, including the U.S. Department of Justice and Johnson & Johnson
• Macy Cronkrite – MS ’11, MS’12 (iSchool)
  • BS – Computer Science
    SUNY Brockport (2009)
  • C.A.S Information Security Management
  • 7 years software development and management experience

 Outline

• Cyber security in a nutshell
• Identity management problem overview
• NS-TIC
  • Goals / Key Aspects
  • Federated identity management
  • Issues
    • Legal / Policy
      • Civil liberties
  • Technical
• Criticisms

Syracuse event, 3/24, on National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

The second event in INSCT's "Promise & Risk: National Security and the Digital Infrastructure" Cyber Security Series will take place this Thursday, March 24 at noon in Maxwell 204. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fellows Macy Cronkite (iSchool) and Jeff Keesom (Maxwell / Law) will present a talk on the controversial National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NS-TIC) - the federal government's cyber identity management initiative. Lunch will be provided.

 

This is the second of four events sponsored by INSCT on cyber security. The other two events will take place on Thursday, March 31 and Thursday, April 21 in Maxwell 204.