▁Identity ▁Foundation . ▁ ▁Government ▁initi atives ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁National ▁Institute ▁of ▁Stand ards ▁and ▁Technology ▁( N IST ), ▁through ▁the ▁National ▁Cy ber security ▁Center ▁of ▁Ex cell ence , ▁has ▁taken ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁topic , ▁and ▁is ▁particip ating ▁in ▁emer ging ▁standards ▁and ▁particip ating ▁in ▁research . ▁ ▁The ▁Federal ▁R isk ▁and ▁Author ization ▁Management ▁Program ▁( F ed RA MP ) ▁is ▁a ▁government - wide ▁program ▁that ▁provides ▁a ▁standard ized ▁approach ▁to ▁security ▁assess ment , ▁authorization , ▁and ▁continuous ▁monitoring ▁for ▁cloud ▁products ▁and ▁services . ▁ ▁Fed RA MP ▁enables ▁A gen cies ▁to ▁rapidly ▁adapt ▁from ▁old , ▁in secure ▁legacy ▁IT ▁to ▁mission - en abling , ▁secure , ▁and ▁cost ▁effective ▁cloud - based ▁IT . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁Digital ▁identity ▁platforms ▁that ▁allow ▁users ▁to ▁log ▁onto ▁third - party ▁websites , ▁applications , ▁mobile ▁devices ▁and ▁g aming ▁systems ▁with ▁their ▁existing ▁identity , ▁i . e . ▁enable ▁social ▁login , ▁include : ▁ ▁Microsoft ▁account ▁– ▁Form er ly ▁Windows ▁Live ▁ID ▁ ▁Google ▁Account ▁ ▁Facebook ▁- ▁Login ▁to ▁public ▁social ▁ven ues . ▁ ▁Y ahoo ! ▁– ▁users ▁can ▁use ▁their ▁Y ahoo ! ▁ID ▁to ▁log ▁onto ▁other ▁sites , ▁and ▁users ▁used ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁possibility ▁to ▁log ▁onto ▁Y ahoo ! ▁with ▁their ▁Google ▁or ▁Facebook ▁IDs . ▁ ▁Twitter ▁ ▁Linked In ▁ ▁Pay Pal ▁ ▁F ours quare