Building digital trust with an IAL3 compliant solution
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01 Jan 2026 07:04:39 am.
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Under the National Institute of Standards and Technology's digital identity guidelines, Identity Proofing Level 3 (IAL3) requires on-site, attended sessions with an authorized representative to validate identity. Sessions consist of document verification and biometrics.
However, this process can be costly and inconvenient for remote workforces. Trust Swiftly provides an economical yet flexible IAL3 compliant solution with hardware designed to quickly capture documents and verify attributes instantly and automatically.
IAL3 identity proofing
NIST has established three Identity Assurance Levels (IALs), with Level 3 being more stringent in collecting verification attributes and creating more confidence that an individual's claimed identity matches up with their real world identity, protecting relying parties from fraud and impersonation while simultaneously safeguarding individuals against spoofing, forgery or repudiation.
Traditional methods for verifying identities to NIST IAL3 standards can be both costly and time consuming, particularly if an employee works remotely and must travel for verification sessions in person.
Trust Swiftly's IAL3 compliant solution enables employees to use their own mobile device for self-service IAL3 identity proofing process, which combines document verification, facial recognition and liveness detection - guaranteeing that those presenting themselves as who they claim they are, with their claimed ID linked directly back to them in reality - helping prevent phishing, man-in-the-middle attacks and other advanced cyber attacks that have become all too prevalent online.
NIST 800-63A IAL3
At IAL2 level of identity proofing, an attended identification process must take place physically onsite and face-to-face with a trained credential service provider (CSP) agent, document authentication and verification, facial recognition to make sure no silicone masks exist, watchlist screening for terrorism or money laundering activities, address validation through cross-referencing official databases with utility bills to confirm submitted address matches real world records, as well as behavioral biometrics that detect social engineering techniques like spoofing or password reset attacks.
NIST 800-63A IAL3 strengthens identity assurance against fraud. This latest version officially recognizes remote proofing methods as pathways to IAL2 and higher levels, deprecates email OTP authentication while significantly downgrading SMS-based authentication, mandates phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, mandates TrustSwiftly to support these new requirements with chat, video, facial recognition with liveness detection and document authentication authentication capabilities based on risk - helping organizations combine business objectives with security goals resulting in lower cyber liability insurance costs as well as operational costs due to reduced password resets.
This allows organizations to balance business goals with security goals more successfully, helping organizations align business objectives with security goals while simultaneously meeting security goals resulting in reduced cyber liability costs due to reduced cyber liability insurance costs as well as operational expenses due to reduced password resets. This helps organizations bridge business objectives with security goals more successfully, helping organizations meet both.
IAL3 compliant solution
An IAL3 compliant solution must support AALs (Authentication Assurance Level) and FALs (Federation Assurance Level), which determine the strength of assertions sent between identity providers and relying parties, hardware-backed authenticators, phishing-resistant methods like FIDO Passkeys and adaptive verification capabilities - these components must all exist on its platform in order to meet compliance.
The IAL3 level provides the highest assurance that an identity exists in real life and belongs to an authentic individual. To meet this rigorous standard, identity proofing processes need to be in-person or remote-supervised and include stringent checks such as document validation and biometric comparison - providing maximum confidence for verifying identity while simultaneously decreasing fraud/impersonation risks.
Complying with IAL3 regulations can be time-consuming and expensive for businesses with distributed workforces. Trust Swiftly's IAL3 remote solution simplifies this process while saving organizations money and providing detailed reports to 3PAO auditors. Plus, its user experience offers seamless workflows and instantaneous facial recognition!
Trust Swiftly
Many regulated industries require individuals to go through an identity proofing session using an IAL3 level of assurance, which requires more stringent verification process compared with its predecessor IAL2. An CSP representative must interact with each individual during identity proofing sessions as well as additional proofing and fraud checks.
Identity Proofing Level 3 aims to protect against more complex attacks like evidence falsification, theft and repudiation. It can be performed remotely or onsite and requires high confidence that the claimed identity corresponds with that of the person submitting evidence.
Trust Swiftly's hardware-based NIST IAL3 verification solution for remote workers makes the verification process cost-effective and more convenient than in-person methods, while still meeting FedRAMP High requirements. Our solution includes facial recognition, document authentication (cross-referencing official databases and utility bills to confirm submitted documents are valid), watchlist screening, behavioral biometrics, phishing-resistant MFA authentication as well as watchlist screening - saving both money and ensuring FedRAMP High compliance.
However, this process can be costly and inconvenient for remote workforces. Trust Swiftly provides an economical yet flexible IAL3 compliant solution with hardware designed to quickly capture documents and verify attributes instantly and automatically.
IAL3 identity proofing
NIST has established three Identity Assurance Levels (IALs), with Level 3 being more stringent in collecting verification attributes and creating more confidence that an individual's claimed identity matches up with their real world identity, protecting relying parties from fraud and impersonation while simultaneously safeguarding individuals against spoofing, forgery or repudiation.
Traditional methods for verifying identities to NIST IAL3 standards can be both costly and time consuming, particularly if an employee works remotely and must travel for verification sessions in person.
Trust Swiftly's IAL3 compliant solution enables employees to use their own mobile device for self-service IAL3 identity proofing process, which combines document verification, facial recognition and liveness detection - guaranteeing that those presenting themselves as who they claim they are, with their claimed ID linked directly back to them in reality - helping prevent phishing, man-in-the-middle attacks and other advanced cyber attacks that have become all too prevalent online.
NIST 800-63A IAL3
At IAL2 level of identity proofing, an attended identification process must take place physically onsite and face-to-face with a trained credential service provider (CSP) agent, document authentication and verification, facial recognition to make sure no silicone masks exist, watchlist screening for terrorism or money laundering activities, address validation through cross-referencing official databases with utility bills to confirm submitted address matches real world records, as well as behavioral biometrics that detect social engineering techniques like spoofing or password reset attacks.
NIST 800-63A IAL3 strengthens identity assurance against fraud. This latest version officially recognizes remote proofing methods as pathways to IAL2 and higher levels, deprecates email OTP authentication while significantly downgrading SMS-based authentication, mandates phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, mandates TrustSwiftly to support these new requirements with chat, video, facial recognition with liveness detection and document authentication authentication capabilities based on risk - helping organizations combine business objectives with security goals resulting in lower cyber liability insurance costs as well as operational costs due to reduced password resets.
This allows organizations to balance business goals with security goals more successfully, helping organizations align business objectives with security goals while simultaneously meeting security goals resulting in reduced cyber liability costs due to reduced cyber liability insurance costs as well as operational expenses due to reduced password resets. This helps organizations bridge business objectives with security goals more successfully, helping organizations meet both.
IAL3 compliant solution
An IAL3 compliant solution must support AALs (Authentication Assurance Level) and FALs (Federation Assurance Level), which determine the strength of assertions sent between identity providers and relying parties, hardware-backed authenticators, phishing-resistant methods like FIDO Passkeys and adaptive verification capabilities - these components must all exist on its platform in order to meet compliance.
The IAL3 level provides the highest assurance that an identity exists in real life and belongs to an authentic individual. To meet this rigorous standard, identity proofing processes need to be in-person or remote-supervised and include stringent checks such as document validation and biometric comparison - providing maximum confidence for verifying identity while simultaneously decreasing fraud/impersonation risks.
Complying with IAL3 regulations can be time-consuming and expensive for businesses with distributed workforces. Trust Swiftly's IAL3 remote solution simplifies this process while saving organizations money and providing detailed reports to 3PAO auditors. Plus, its user experience offers seamless workflows and instantaneous facial recognition!
Trust Swiftly
Many regulated industries require individuals to go through an identity proofing session using an IAL3 level of assurance, which requires more stringent verification process compared with its predecessor IAL2. An CSP representative must interact with each individual during identity proofing sessions as well as additional proofing and fraud checks.
Identity Proofing Level 3 aims to protect against more complex attacks like evidence falsification, theft and repudiation. It can be performed remotely or onsite and requires high confidence that the claimed identity corresponds with that of the person submitting evidence.
Trust Swiftly's hardware-based NIST IAL3 verification solution for remote workers makes the verification process cost-effective and more convenient than in-person methods, while still meeting FedRAMP High requirements. Our solution includes facial recognition, document authentication (cross-referencing official databases and utility bills to confirm submitted documents are valid), watchlist screening, behavioral biometrics, phishing-resistant MFA authentication as well as watchlist screening - saving both money and ensuring FedRAMP High compliance.
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