NIH Interfederation NIH Interfederation Activities and Status: Activities and Status: Federal PKI Federal PKI Peter Alterman, Ph.D. Peter Alterman, Ph.D. Asst. CIO for E-Authentication, NIH and Asst. CIO for E-Authentication, NIH and Chair, Federal PKI Policy Authority Chair, Federal PKI Policy Authority
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NIH Interfederation Activities NIH Interfederation Activities and Status: Federal PKIand Status: Federal PKI
Peter Alterman, Ph.D.Peter Alterman, Ph.D.Asst. CIO for E-Authentication, NIH and Asst. CIO for E-Authentication, NIH and
Chair, Federal PKI Policy AuthorityChair, Federal PKI Policy Authority
• Researchers use their institutional identity credentials to authenticate to NIH online applications and services
• Build a reliablereliable, securesecure, trustedtrusted IT infrastructure that supports e-authentication
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Current NIH InitiativesCurrent NIH Initiatives
• Interfederated with InCommon higher education Identity Management Federation at OMB LOA 1: low/no risk applications put online and consume identity credentials issued by universities that are members of InCommon;
• Extend interfederation agreement to OMB LOA 2 applications for universities that issue higher-assurance credentials under the InCommon Federation Silver program – for moderate risk applications (ETA 1/08);
• Direct trust relationship with University of Texas System Public Key Infrastructure
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NIH Pilot LOA 1 ApplicationsNIH Pilot LOA 1 Applications