Identity Proofing
What is Identity Proofing?
The process of verifying that a person is who they claim to be before issuing credentials, using documents, biometrics, or knowledge-based verification.
Terms that appear alongside identity proofing
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as identity proofing. The number is how many controls name both.
- authentication 15 shared controls
- nist 11 shared controls
- access control 6 shared controls
- multi factor authentication 4 shared controls
- impersonation 4 shared controls
- audit 4 shared controls
- identity verification 3 shared controls
- audit trail 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern identity proofing
What the standards actually require on identity proofing
Requirements naming identity proofing across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Require evidence of individual identification be presented to the registration authority.
NIST800-IA-12(2) · IA-12(2) Identity Proofing | Identity Evidence →Identity proofing establishes that the applicant is who it claims to be, by collecting identity information and evidence and verifying it against authoritative sources, in person or not in person, to the depth the LoA requires (self-claimed at LoA1;
iso-iec-29115-2013-entity-authentication-assurance-framework::8.1.2 · 8.1.2 Identity proofing and identity information verification →Require evidence of individual identification be presented to the registration authority.
nist-sp-800-53-revision-5-1-high::IA-12(2) · IA-12(2) Identity Proofing | Identity Evidence →Require evidence of individual identification to be presented to the registration authority.
fbi-cjis-security-policy::IA-12(2) · IA-12(2) Identity Proofing | Identity Evidence →Identity Proofing | Identity Evidence. Require evidence of individual identification be presented to the registration authority
IA-12(2) · Identity Proofing | Identity Evidence (IA-12(2)) →Identity Proofing | Identity Evidence. Require evidence of individual identification be presented to the registration authority
IA-12(2) · Identity Proofing | Identity Evidence (IA-12(2)) →Questions people ask about identity proofing
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