Policies for Traditional NIEF Membership

NIEF has adopted the following policies to help create and maintain a secure, trusted environment in which its members can engage in digital transactions with each other to meet their business objectives. These policies complement and correspond to the membership and participation agreement templates available on the Application Forms and Templates page of this site.

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NIEF Bylaws

The NIEF Bylaws describe the high-level governance structures and processes that NIEF and its members use to govern itself, including its Advisory Board and Executive Committee.

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  • NIEF Bylaws
    PDF | August 18, 2014 | FICAM-Aligned Baseline

NIEF Operational Policies and Procedures

The NIEF Operational Policies and Procedures document describes the high-level policies and procedures by which NIEF operates. The document covers a range of topics, including NIEF’s membership lifecycle, NIEF’s process for adopting normative standards, and others.

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NIEF Certificate Policy

The NIEF Certificate Policy describes the steps that NIEF takes to protect the private key(s) used to sign NIEF Cryptographic Trust Fabric artifacts, which are the trust anchors that enable secure transactions to flow among NIEF members.

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NIEF Cryptographic Trust Fabric Management Policy

The NIEF Cryptographic Trust Fabric Management Policy describes the steps that NIEF takes to build and manage the contents of the NIEF Cryptographic Trust Fabric XML document and the NIEF Trust Fabric Registry.

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NIEF Privacy Policy

The NIEF Privacy Policy describes the privacy rules that NIEF members must obey for protecting sensitive data about end-users during and following federated identity transactions with other NIEF members. The privacy requirements for any specific NIEF member depend on the member’s membership role(s).

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NIEF Audit Policy

The NIEF Audit Policy describes the rules that NIEF follows for performing audits of its members. The audit requirements for any specific NIEF member depend on the member’s membership role(s).

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NIEF Identity Assurance Framework

The NIEF Identity Assurance Framework document provides a high-level summary of NIEF’s identity assurance framework, which includes NIEF’s policies, listed on this page, as well as NIEF’s technical specifications.

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NIEF Framework for Addressing Operational Liability as an Identity Trust Framework Provider

The NIEF Framework for Addressing Operational Liability as an Identity Trust Framework Provider document summarizes NIEF’s legal structure and legal provisions for covering any financial liabilities that may arise in the course of NIEF’s operations.

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NIEF Terminology Reference

The NIEF Terminology Reference document serves as the official glossary for common NIEF-related terms that appear throughout NIEF’s documents and this website. In addition, the document provides an “Architecture Terminology Map” that shows how certain NIEF terms relate to similar terms and concepts from various industry standards.

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