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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the
<a href="https://cisa.gov/scuba" title="https://cisa.gov/scuba">draft Hybrid Identity Solutions Architecture</a> created as part of the agency’s
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://cisa.gov/scuba"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Secure Cloud Business Applications</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">
(SCuBA) initiative. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">This guidance is to assist federal agencies in understanding potential options for identity management interoperability
between cloud and on-premises systems. It evaluates challenges involved in developing architecture across both environments, as well as how to overcome them. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">While the draft Hybrid Identity Solutions Architecture guidance is principally intended for use by federal agencies,
CISA recommends that all organizations utilizing identify management solutions review this guidance and implement practices therein where appropriate. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">CISA is requesting public comment to ensure our guidance enables the best flexibility to keep pace with evolving
technologies and capabilities and protect the federal enterprise. The public comment period ends at close of business on April 17. When all comments have been reviewed and adjudicated, CISA will publish a final version. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#273333">Those interested in providing feedback should submit comments to
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">CyberSharedServices@cisa.dhs.gov. </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#273333"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Theresa A. Masse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity State Coordinator/Advisor, Region 10 (Oregon)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Department of Homeland Security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Phone: (503) 930-5671
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#777777">
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