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The NSI Certification and Verification Program
was developed and is operated by The Open Group on behalf of
the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries
(NASPL).
The NSI is a collaborative development effort, with participation
from the lotteries, gaming vendors, and retail associations in
the development of standards, best practices, and certification
and verification programs for the lottery industry.
The
objective of the NSI Certification and Verification Program is
to encourage and facilitate the adoption and implementation of
NSI Best Practices and Technical Standards by lotteries, lottery
industry vendors, retailers, and other lottery industry expert
organizations that provide software, hardware, or services to
lotteries. The program provides formal recognition of an organization's
conformance to an industry Best Practice or Technical Standard.
The Certification Program is for vendors and
other organizations that wish to demonstrate and receive recognition
for the conformance of their business practices and technologies
to the NSI Best Practices and Technical Standards, whereas the
Verification Program is the parallel program providing the means
for lotteries to demonstrate conformance in the areas applicable
to lotteries.
Under the program, organizations warrant conformance
to an NSI Best Practice or Technical Standard. This warrant ensures
that the technology or business practice conforms to an industry
standard, will remain conformant throughout the life of the registration,
and any non-conformance will be promptly fixed.
For a list of current certified technologies and business practices,
see the Certification
Register.
For a list of current verified technologies and business practices,
see the Verification
Register.
 Highlights
- The NSI Certification and Verification
Program is administered on behalf of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries by its designated Certification and Verification Authority, The Open Group.
- Operation of the program is governed
by a documented set of policies that define what can be certified
and verified, what it means to be certified or verified, and
the process for achieving and maintaining certification or
verification.
- Certification / verification is valid
for a specified period of time, dependent upon the type of
business practice or technology. An entity is subject to re-certification
or re-verification on a periodic basis.
- All information supplied to the Certification
and Verification Authority will be treated as confidential,
as required by the Certification/Verification Agreement.
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