Introduction

The SWAMID Policy defines an Identity Assurance Profile this way:

An Identity Assurance Profile describes levels of trust in claims and organizationsorganisations. An Identity Assurance Profile allows a Relying Party (also known as a Service Provider) to determine the degree of certainty that of the identity of a Subject presenting a Claim of identity is truly represented by the presented claim. This degree of certainty is represented by a commonly agreed-upon "Level of Assurance"and its personal data. Identity assurance is to a large extent independent of the technology used to convey Claims of identity.

Levels of Assurance

The SWAMID assurance framework is based on NIST SP 800-63.

TCS eScience Personal Assurance

• SWAMID Identity Assurance Level 1 Profile
• SWAMID Identity Assurance Level 2 Profile
• SWAMID Identity Assurance Level 3 Profile

For more information on assurance profiles go to SWAMID Assurance How-To

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