
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Thursday awarded more than $15 million in new grants to six organizations to foster more secure online access to government and healthcare services as part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).The awardees will pilot different online credentials to allow users to prove their identity across multiple systems, such as state services and consumer websites.The awardees and their projects are: ID.me, Inc., $3.8 million to work with Austin,…