SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing

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NIST Special Publication identity proofing standard technical guideline

SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing is a NIST publication that defines technical and procedural requirements for verifying and establishing the digital identities of individuals at various assurance levels.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
NIST SP 800-63A	5
Digital Identity Guidelines: Enrollment and Identity Proofing	1
Enrollment and Identity Proofing (SP 800-63A)	1
SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing
Context triple: [NIST digital identity guidelines, includesSection, SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing]

A. NIST SP 800-56C
NIST SP 800-56C is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for key derivation methods in key-establishment schemes used in cryptographic systems.
B. NIST digital identity guidelines
NIST digital identity guidelines are a set of U.S. government standards that define best practices and assurance levels for secure, privacy-conscious digital identity proofing, authentication, and lifecycle management.
C. NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
D. NIST SP 800-56B
NIST SP 800-56B is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for cryptographic key establishment using RSA-based key transport and key agreement schemes.
E. NIST SP 800 series
The NIST SP 800 series is a collection of special publications from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology that provide guidelines, recommendations, and technical specifications for information security and risk management.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing
Target entity description: SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing is a NIST publication that defines technical and procedural requirements for verifying and establishing the digital identities of individuals at various assurance levels.

A. NIST SP 800-56C
NIST SP 800-56C is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for key derivation methods in key-establishment schemes used in cryptographic systems.
B. NIST digital identity guidelines
NIST digital identity guidelines are a set of U.S. government standards that define best practices and assurance levels for secure, privacy-conscious digital identity proofing, authentication, and lifecycle management.
C. NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
D. NIST SP 800-56B
NIST SP 800-56B is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for cryptographic key establishment using RSA-based key transport and key agreement schemes.
E. NIST SP 800 series
The NIST SP 800 series is a collection of special publications from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology that provide guidelines, recommendations, and technical specifications for information security and risk management.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NIST Special Publication ⓘ identity proofing standard ⓘ technical guideline ⓘ
addresses	fraud mitigation in identity proofing ⓘ privacy considerations in identity proofing ⓘ security considerations in identity proofing ⓘ
aimsTo	increase confidence in digital identity assertions ⓘ reduce identity fraud in digital services ⓘ
appliesTo	federal digital identity services ⓘ in-person identity proofing ⓘ remote identity proofing ⓘ
contributesTo	federal digital identity policy ⓘ risk-based identity assurance ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
defines	identity assurance levels ⓘ requirements for enrollment ⓘ requirements for identity proofing ⓘ
field	digital identity ⓘ identity and access management ⓘ information security ⓘ
focusesOn	establishment of digital identities ⓘ procedural requirements for identity proofing ⓘ technical requirements for identity proofing ⓘ verification of claimed identities ⓘ
hasComponent	binding of identity to authenticators ⓘ identity evidence collection requirements ⓘ identity evidence validation requirements ⓘ identity evidence verification requirements ⓘ
hasTitle	Digital Identity Guidelines: Enrollment and Identity Proofing ⓘ linked to: SP 800-63A: Enrollment and Identity Proofing
language	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	NIST SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines ⓘ linked to: NIST digital identity guidelines
publishedBy	National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ
relatedTo	SP 800-63: Digital Identity Guidelines ⓘ linked to: NIST SP 800-63 SP 800-63B: Authentication and Lifecycle Management ⓘ SP 800-63C: Federation and Assertions ⓘ linked to: NIST SP 800-63C
sector	public sector ⓘ
specifies	evidence strength requirements ⓘ processes for identity resolution ⓘ processes for identity validation ⓘ processes for identity verification ⓘ requirements for supervised remote proofing ⓘ requirements for unsupervised remote proofing ⓘ
targetAudience	identity proofing service providers ⓘ security and privacy professionals ⓘ system owners ⓘ
usedBy	U.S. federal agencies ⓘ
usedFor	assessment of identity proofing implementations ⓘ design of identity proofing processes ⓘ