Securing and modernizing the Registered Identification Number System

Challenge: FTC’s critical public-facing database, the Registered Identification Number (RN) system, issues RNs to U.S.-based businesses to identify who manufactured, imported, distributed, or sold a covered textile, fur, or wool product, enabling smooth functioning of trade pathways. The current legacy technology does not conform to FTC’s zero trust architecture and other cybersecurity best practices, making the FTC network more vulnerable to hackers, with risk of data integrity interference and leakages.

Approach: With TMF support, FTC is modernizing its RN system, ultimately decommissioning its current system. To advance FTC’s zero trust architecture, FTC is working to:

• Develop a user-friendly cloud application that uses FTC’s low-code, cloud-based Platform as a Service to eliminate all vulnerabilities identified in the current system
• Integrate the new system with a modern identity and access management platform to enforce multi-factor authentication
• Migrate all data and deploy the new system into production