How TrustSwiftly Scales IAL3 Identity Proofing for Enterprises
IAL3 identity proofing from NIST requires on-site attended verification with rigorous evidence validation, document authentication, and direct observation of the subject.
TrustSwiftly offers a scalable solution to meet IAL3 requirements through chat, video, facial recognition with liveness detection and documents authentication. This helps reduce impersonation and fraud while simultaneously decreasing cyber liability insurance costs and operational expenses such as password resets.
IAL3 compliant solution
IAL3 Identity Proofing provides the highest level of identity proofing, helping reduce cyber liability and fraud by linking biometrics securely with claimed digital identities and protecting from SIM swaps and MFA bypasses. Direct observation during identity proofing sessions as well as document validation against authoritative sources and biometric comparison with claimed digital identities helps reduce impersonation and fraud.
CSPs looking to meet the requirements of IAL3 must implement an on-site attended identity verification process with human operators, meeting certain standards such as chat, video, facial recognition with liveness detection, document authentication and step-up reproofing according to risk. Trust Swiftly’s remote IAL3 solution meets these standards for FedRAMP High compliance verification processes.
The new NIST guidelines move away from checklist-based requirements in favor of a risk-based framework, enabling relying parties to dynamically select appropriate IAL, AAL and FAL assurance levels while emphasizing the importance of phishing-resistant MFA, hardware-backed authenticators and effective federation engines.
High pixel count
NIST IAL3 verification requires an extraordinary high number of effective pixels (the total count of real pixels that contribute to an image, without counting any unused or light-shielded ones) in order to detect spoofing attacks and ensure genuine facial recognition matches, making a device equipped with the latest camera essential in creating an IAL3 compliant solution.
NIST Identity Proofing Standards allow organizations to customize digital processes and meet regulatory compliance requirements with ease, while at the same time reducing cyber liability and improving customer experience. Companies using these standards can verify identities through chat, video, document authentication and liveness detection technologies all proven to increase security while decreasing costs.
The NIST IAL standards establish three levels of identity assurance levels to measure how likely it is that a claimed identity corresponds to its real-world counterpart. At its most stringent, level three requires submission of superior-strength evidence – thus helping reduce fraud losses by preventing stand-in fraudsters and binding an authenticator.
Secure connections
The National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes standards that serve as yardsticks in many business, science, and technological arenas – from plumbing pressure-loss measurements to chemical element viscosities. NIST also establishes standards to address cybersecurity threats and privacy concerns, including NIST Special Publication NIST 800-63A IAL3 Identity Proofing and Enrollment Federation and Assertions (IDPEFA).
The 2025 version of this standard seeks to enhance security and reduce fraud by replacing “levels of assurance” with an organized Digital Identity Risk Management (DIRM) framework. Organizations using DIRM should periodically assess threat landscapes and service impacts to dynamically select an Identity Assurance Level, Authenticator Assurance Level or Federated Assurance Level that best suit their operations.
An identity verification solution must meet IAL3 specifications to be compliant, which includes providing enough protection from malware and other forms of cyberattack. This requires having secure communications channels with high pixel counts to mitigate spoofing risks and various modalities that enhance adoption while decreasing false positives.
TrustSwiftly’s compliant solution includes chat, video, facial recognition with liveness detection and document authentication and also provides secure connections to safeguard against man-in-the-middle attacks and protect against man-in-the-middle attacks as part of its suite of protection from malware attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks – meeting all these criteria while being secured through secure connections against man-in-the-middle attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks.
Multiple modalities
Identity verification processes such as document authentication and biometric comparison can take various forms. An IAL3 compliant solution must use multiple modalities to confirm that a claimed identity matches up with an individual’s real-world identity, helping protect against threats like phishing attacks and fraud. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has defined identity assurance levels within digital identity frameworks to specify how rigorously claimed identities must be verified: these range from self-asserted (IAL1) to high assurance (IAL3) levels.
Reaching IAL3 compliance requires a secure identity management platform with high pixel counts and secure connections that reduce spoofing risks, along with liveness detection capabilities that can be conducted remotely or in-person – these measures help guard against sophisticated cyberattacks while mitigating liability issues; additionally, compliance with FedRAMP High is key in safeguarding sensitive data while mitigating cybersecurity risk.
By choosing trustswiftly.com, organizations gain access to a “Zero Trust” identity framework that pairs superior evidence with real-time human oversight. The platform utilizes NFC-based cryptographic verification of government ePassports and blends it with live, operator-monitored video sessions. This ensures that the individual being proofed isn’t just a high-resolution image or an injection attack, but a verified physical person.
For security teams tasked with protecting privileged admin accounts or meeting stringent federal compliance, TrustSwiftly provides a scalable, audit-ready solution. It turns the complex hurdle of IAL3 identity proofing into a streamlined, friction-free experience that guarantees the highest degree of digital certainty.
