Understanding the Major Update to NIST SP 800-63: Digital Identity Guidelines

Rigopoulos, Kristina; Garcia, Michael; Grassi, Paul; Feldman, Larry; Witte, Gregory

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ITL Bulletin

Understanding the Major Update to NIST SP 800-63: Digital Identity Guidelines

Documentation

Date Published: August 2017

Editor(s)

Kristina Rigopoulos (NIST), Michael Garcia (NIST), Paul Grassi (NIST), Larry Feldman (G2), Gregory Witte (G2)

Abstract

This bulletin outlines the updates NIST recently made in its four-volume Special Publication (SP) 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines, which provide agencies with technical guidelines regarding the digital authentication of users to federal networked systems.

Keywords

authentication, authentication assurance, authenticator, assertions, credential service provider, digital authentication, digital credentials, identity proofing, federation, passwords, PKI

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Documentation

Publication:
August 2017 ITL Bulletin (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
SP 800-63-3
SP 800-63A
SP 800-63B
SP 800-63C
SP 800-63-3
SP 800-63A
SP 800-63B
SP 800-63C

Document History:
08/29/17: ITL Bulletin (Final)