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Business/Financial

NIST Awards Small Grants To Three Firms For Trusted Identities Pilots

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 21st, 2015

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NIST Awards Small Grants To Three Firms For Trusted Identities Pilots

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Monday awarded grants to three companies to conduct pilot projects under a trusted identities program aimed at making online transactions more secure while bolstering privacy.Under the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), NIST awarded Galois, Inc. a $1.9 million grant, MorphoTrust USA—part of France’s Safran Group--$1 million, and HealthIDx, $813,922. So far, NIST has awarded 18 grants under NSTIC since its launch in 2011.Galois, based in Oregon, will build…

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Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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