Trusted Internet Connections Initiative

The Trusted Internet Connection initiative (TIC) is mandated in an OMB Memorandum issued in November 2007. The memorandum was meant to optimize individual external connections, including internet points of presence currently in use by the federal government.. It includes a program for improving the federal government’s incident response capability through a centralized gateway monitoring at a select group of TIC Access Providers (TICAP).

The initial goal for total number of federal external connections and internet points of presence was 50.