Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management

Grassi, Paul; Newton, Elaine; Fenton, James; Perlner, Ray; Regenscheid, Andrew; Burr, William; Richer, Justin; Lefkovitz, Naomi; Danker, Jamie; Choong, Yee-Yin; Greene, Kristen; Theofanos, Mary

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-63b

SP 800-63B

Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management

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Date Published: June 2017 (includes updates as of 03-02-2020)

Supersedes: SP 800-63B (12/01/2017)

Author(s)

Paul Grassi (NIST), Elaine Newton (NIST), James Fenton (Altmode Networks), Ray Perlner (NIST), Andrew Regenscheid (NIST), William Burr (Dakota Consulting), Justin Richer (Bespoke Engineering), Naomi Lefkovitz (NIST), Jamie Danker (DHS), Yee-Yin Choong (NIST), Kristen Greene (NIST), Mary Theofanos (NIST)

Abstract

These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. These guidelines focus on the authentication of subjects interacting with government systems over open networks, establishing that a given claimant is a subscriber who has been previously authenticated. The result of the authentication process may be used locally by the system performing the authentication or may be asserted elsewhere in a federated identity system. This document defines technical requirements for each of the three authenticator assurance levels. This publication supersedes corresponding sections of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-63-2.

Keywords

authentication; federation; ; credential service provider; ; digital authentication; ; digital credentials; ; electronic authentication; ; electronic credentials

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Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-63B (DOI)
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Other Parts of this Publication:
SP 800-63-3
SP 800-63A
SP 800-63C

Related NIST Publications:
SP 800-63-4 (Draft)

Document History:
03/02/20: SP 800-63B (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
authentication