IAL, Compliance, and MSPs

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This shift to identity-based security has had major implications for compliance. Frameworks like FedRAMP, CMMC, and NIST 800-series controls all rely on strong identity practices. Yet areas like Identity Assurance remain a consistent challenge.

Many organizations assume that if a user can log in with MFA, their identity is secure. In reality, authentication only proves that someone possesses a credential. Identity assurance determines whether the system actually knows who that person is.

 

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NIST and Digital Identity Verification 

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We often take digital identity for granted… We create accounts all over the Internet for various services, but rarely think about the information that sits in a server for every company we interact with. Furthermore, we rarely think about the potential for fraud related to those identities and how that potential threat impacts finance or military defense businesses. That’s why, when it comes to crucial industries, digital identity verification is necessary.

 

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