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The Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) Subcommittee was established in 2008 by the Federal CIO Council's Information Security and Identity Management Committee (ISIMC), and tasked with aligning the Identity Management activities of the US Government.
ICAM Mission
- Align federal agencies around common practices by fostering effective government-wide identity, credential and access management
- Collaborate with federal government and external identity management activities (non-federal, commercial and more) to leverage best practices and enhance interoperability
- Enable trust and interoperability in online transactions, through the application of common policies and approaches, in activities that cross-organizational boundaries
ICAM Working Groups
- Access Control & Attribute Governance Working Group (ACAGWG)
- Architecture Working Group (AWG)
- Certificate Policy Working Group (CPWG)
- Cross-Classification Working Group (CCWG)
- Federated Identity Working Group (FIWG)
- FICAM Roadmap Alignment Working Group (FRAWG)
- Logical Access Working Group (LAWG)
- Modernized Physical Access Working Group (MPAWG)
- PIV Credential Issuer Working Group (PCIWG)
ICAM Documents
- Personal Identity Verification in Enterprise Physical Access Control Systems v2.0.2 DRAFT (PDF)
- XML Namespace Direcwtive for Federal ICAM Working Groups v1.0.1 (PDF)
- OMB M-04-04 E-Authentication Guidance (PDF)
- NIST SP800-63 E-Authentication Guideline (PDF)
- FIPS 201 Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors (PDF)
- ICAM Roadmap Snapshot (PDF)
- Modernizing Federal Logical Access Control Systems (LACS) Brochure (PDF)
- Modernizing Federal Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) Brochure (PDF)