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Identity Verification

What is Identity Verification?

The process of confirming that an individual's claimed identity matches their actual identity through document checks, biometric comparison, or other methods.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as identity verification. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on identity verification

Requirements naming identity verification across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

CCPA/CPRA2 controls

Businesses must establish, document, and comply with reasonable methods to verify the consumer is the person about whom the PI was collected.

CCR §7060 · Consumer Identity Verification

Provides an information gateway enabling public authorities to share information with registered DVS providers to support identity verification, subject to safeguards.

DUAA-P2-GATEWAY · Information gateway for identity verification

Customer identity must be verified using reliable and independent documentation or electronic data sources before providing designated services.

AMLCTF-35 · Identity Verification Standard

Healthcare recipients are registered and their identity verified before access to their My Health Record is provided (Part 3 Div 1).

MYHR-REG-2 · Healthcare recipient registration and identity verification

Banks must have risk-based procedures for verifying the identity of each customer within a reasonable time after account opening, using documents, non-documentary methods, or a combination (31 CFR 1020.220(a)(2)).

BSA-CIP-2 · Identity Verification
FedRAMP High1 control

Identification and Authentication (non-organizational Users) | Acceptance of PIV Credentials from Other Agencies. Accept and electronically verify Personal Identity Verification-compliant credentials from other federal agencies

IA-8(1) · Identification and Authentication (non-organizational Users) | Acceptance of PIV Credentials from Other Agencies. Accept and electronically verify Personal Identity Verification-compliant credentials from other federal agencies

Questions people ask about identity verification

What is Identity Verification?
The process of confirming that an individual's claimed identity matches their actual identity through document checks, biometric comparison, or other methods.
Why is Identity Verification important for compliance?
Identity Verification is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding identity verification helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Identity Verification?
Identity Verification appears in the requirement text of CCPA/CPRA, Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, AML/CTF Act 2006 (Australia), Australia My Health Records Act 2012, Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML). Across these standards we have identified 8 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Identity Verification?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how identity verification applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Identity Verification applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.