ANSI IDSP Launches New Workspace to Help Track Efforts to Mitigate Identity Theft

The American National Standard’s Institute’s Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel (IDSP) has launched the IDSP workspace, a new, dedicated section of the ANSI website intended to facilitate the panel’s efforts to fight identity theft and fraud. The IDSP is a cross-sector coordinating body where private and public sector interests work cooperatively to address the need for voluntary consensus standards, guidelines and industry best practices related to identity crime Last fall, the IDSP released reports on best practices for measuring identity theft and identity verification, and previously had issued a comprehensive report to help businesses, government agencies, and other organizations arm themselves in the fight against the theft of personal and financial information.

ANSI IDSP senior director Jim McCabe explained the purpose of the initiative: “One of the IDSP’s goals has been to track ongoing progress to implement the panel’s earlier recommendations. The new IDSP workspace helps to fulfill this objective by providing discussion boards where participants can engage in a virtual conversation about steps already taken, in progress, or still needed to address each recommendation.”

The website also includes a discussion board where users can float proposals for new IDSP workshops, a calendar for posting identity related events, and a place for posting general news items of interest. Alerts enable users to stay updated as items are added, changed or removed from the workspace.

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