NIST Special Publication 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines

NIST Releases Second Public Draft of Digital Identity Guidelines for Final Review

In December 2022, NIST released the Initial Public Draft (IPD) of SP 800-63, Revision 4. Over the course of a 119-day public comment period, the authors received exceptional feedback from a broad community of interested entities and individuals. The input from nearly 4,000 specific comments has helped advance the improvement of these Digital Identity Guidelines in a manner that supports NIST's critical goals of providing foundational risk management processes and requirements that enable the implementation of secure, private, equitable, and accessible identity systems. 

NIST requests comments on the second draft of the fourth revision to the four-volume suite of Special Publication 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines. This publication presents the process and technical requirements for meeting the digital identity management assurance levels specified in each volume. They also provide considerations for enhancing privacy, equity, and usability of digital identity solutions and technology.

NIST requests that all comments be submitted by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on October 7, 2024. Please submit your comments to dig-comments [at] nist.gov (dig-comments[at]nist[dot]gov). Comments are requested on all four draft publications: 800-63-4, 800-63A-4, 800-63B-4, and 800-63C-4. We encourage you to submit comments using this comment template. 

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