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Living definition

What is NIST SP 800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines?

Identity Verification, KYC & Fraud Prevention Security & Identity

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
2026-08-17.1
Method
v1.3.0

Definition

The term, in context

AI-assisted draft · approved dataset

NIST SP 800-63-4 is the revision of the United States federal digital identity guidelines, which define assurance levels for identity proofing, authentication, and federation. It treats those three dimensions as independently selectable, so a service can set the strength of each control to match the risk of a given transaction instead of using one combined level.

Live readiness status

Status as of the current dateline

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

As of 2026-08-20, verified readiness is 89 (claimed 95, reported 95, gap 6) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Adopt with guardrails.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for NIST SP 800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines.

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)

Dataset
2026-08-17.1
Hash
sha256:0c37108a182f510fc8cf4d1dfc3a30339f2b59e62654201edea2f530a268707e
Approved
2026-08-17

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