By The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this month released draft guidance on derived credentials for authenticating mobile devices on federal networks. Users who want to logon to a sensitive federal computer typically must insert their Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards–called Common Access Cards (CAC) at the Department of Defense–into the machine. This creates a challenge for smartphones and tablets that are too small for an internal card reader. A derived credential solves this problem by storing the authenticating…
NIST Releases Draft Guidance on Mobile Credentials
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