Identification management

About identification management

Effective identification management helps organisations to reduce and/or prevent fraud, loss of privacy and identity theft by applying good practice processes.

Identification Management Standards

The Identification Management Standards work together to help prevent identify theft, fraud and loss of privacy.

• Overview of the Identification Management Standards
• Applying the Standards
• Information Assurance Standard
• Binding Assurance Standard
• Authentication Assurance Standard
• Federation Assurance Standard
• Superseded Standards

Guidance

Advice and guidance to help those implementing the identification management standards.

• Assessing identification risk
• Implementing the Information Assurance Standard
• Implementing the Binding Assurance Standard
• Implementing the Authentication Assurance Standard
• Implementing the Federation Assurance Standard
• Using documents as evidence
• Authenticator types
• Counter fraud techniques

Identification terminology

How terms related to identification management are used.

Contact the Identification Management team

Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is responsible for the identification management standards.

Digital Identity Programme

The Digital Identity Programme has involved collaboration, engagement and research with key participants in the digital identity ecosystem to create options for a new approach for the future of digital identity in New Zealand.