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and issues credentials as needed to bind that token to the identity, or to bind the identity to some other useful verified attribute. The subscriber may be given electronic credentials to go with the token at the time of registration, or credentials may be generated later as needed. Subscribers have
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that they must remember or carry around with them, but also applications and services must perform some level of registration and then some level of authentication of those users. As a result, Credential
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Equifax provides credentialing solutions certified that meet
Federal security and privacy requirements. Equifax offers beyond basic name and address identification credential. Equifax provides methods of discerning an electronic identity in order to ensure that only trusted users have access to
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and e-authentication initiatives. An example of a CSP would be an online site whose primary purpose may be, for example, internet banking - but whose users may be subsequently authenticated to other sites, applications or services without further action on their part.
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for federally approved CSPs in order to receive a two-factor authentication credential or digital certificates. The CSPs conduct identity proofing that meets
National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-63-1 Assurance Level 3.
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system, most typically identified as a separate entity in a
Federated authentication system. A CSP may be an independent third party, or may issue credentials for its own use. The term CSP is used frequently in the context of the
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MediQuin is a credential service provider located in Irvine, California. MediQuin provides
Medical Credentialing, provider applications, enrollment forms, verification services, and other medical related credential services.
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The federal government is currently the CSP for e-government transactions. However, the government plans to focus all their attention in the applications and leave the credential management business to other industries.
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As a result of this initiative, campuses may start offering to student, faculty and staff access to certain federal applications. However, before this happens, the government will impose the following requirements:
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a duty to maintain control of their tokens and comply with the responsibilities to the CSP. The CSP maintains registration records for each subscriber to allow recovery of registration records.
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The
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and the multiplicity of services and applications that would ultimately require authentication. The result of this is that not only are users burdened with many
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Below is a table that shows the approximate cost for a
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