New York State Office of the CIO: “Identity and Access Management (IAM) provides an effective way to protect computer-based services and data for all state and local agencies from unauthorized access. Organizational business requirements often result in the need to grant external users access to services and data or to achieve multi-organizational system interoperability. Demand has become more prevalent due to legislative mandates and increasing connectivity offered by public and private networks. Issuing the NYS Trust Model as a best practice guideline (G07-001) is the first step in establishing a long term Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategy for the state enterprise. The NYS Trust Model establishes basic standards and processes that govern how identity credentials are issued, protected and managed.”