Identity Assurance Level

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Identity Assurance Level is a graded measure used in digital identity systems to indicate the confidence that a claimed identity actually belongs to the person presenting it, based on the rigor of identity proofing and verification processes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assurance level ⓘ
digital identity concept ⓘ
security assurance metric ⓘ
aimsTo enable trust between identity providers and relying parties ⓘ
reduce identity fraud ⓘ
support risk-based access control ⓘ
appliesTo account recovery processes ⓘ
credential issuance ⓘ
enrollment processes ⓘ
identity proofing ⓘ
characterizedBy binding of identity to a credential ⓘ
resistance to impersonation ⓘ
supervision or presence requirements ⓘ
type of identity evidence collected ⓘ
validation of identity evidence ⓘ
verification of identity attributes ⓘ
definedIn NIST SP 800-63-3 ⓘ
linked to: NIST SP 800-63

NIST SP 800-63A ⓘ
describedAs ordinal scale of identity proofing strength ⓘ
distinguishedFrom authentication assurance level ⓘ
federation assurance level ⓘ
governedBy NIST Digital Identity Guidelines ⓘ
hasDefinition graded measure indicating confidence that a claimed identity belongs to the person presenting it ⓘ
hasLevel IAL1 ⓘ
IAL2 ⓘ
IAL3 ⓘ
implementedIn financial services KYC processes ⓘ
public sector digital ID schemes ⓘ
measures confidence in identity proofing ⓘ
rigor of identity verification processes ⓘ
risk of misidentification ⓘ
strength of identity evidence ⓘ
relatedTo authentication assurance level ⓘ
digital identity proofing ⓘ
federated identity ⓘ
identity lifecycle management ⓘ
remote identity verification ⓘ
risk management ⓘ
trust framework ⓘ
supports compliance with digital identity regulations ⓘ
policy decisions on acceptable identity proofing ⓘ
usedBy assurance frameworks ⓘ
identity providers ⓘ
regulators ⓘ
relying parties ⓘ
usedIn digital identity systems ⓘ
e-government services ⓘ
federated identity management ⓘ
online authentication frameworks ⓘ
remote onboarding processes ⓘ

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NIST digital identity guidelines → definesConcept → Identity Assurance Level ⓘ