The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued more than $7 million in privacy- and security-related grants to five different organizations, according to a NIST press release. The move supports the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace program that was initiated by President Barack Obama in 2011. The thrust of the grants aims to improve identity protection and verification systems to make the online ecosystem easier to use and more secure for consumers.
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