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NIST SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines

Official docs outline

6 sections
  1. Suite overview

    Digital identity risk management model and the IAL, AAL and FAL assurance levels.

  2. 800-63A Identity proofing

    IAL1 to IAL3 and enrollment.

  3. 800-63B Authentication

    AAL1 to AAL3, authenticators, passwords and MFA.

  4. 800-63C Federation

    FAL1 to FAL3 and assertions.

  5. 800-63-3 prior revision

    Guidance of the previous 800-63-3 revision, still referenced by many programs.

  6. Password guidance

    Memorized secret rules: minimum length, no composition rules and screening against breached passwords.

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