ISO/IEC 29115 Entity Authentication Assurance

Title: Entity Authentication Assurance

URL: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=45138

Version: 2013

Date: 2013-03-27

Description

ISO/IEC 29115:2013 provides a framework for managing entity authentication assurance in a given context.

Abstract

In particular, it:

• specifies four levels of entity authentication assurance;
• specifies criteria and guidelines for achieving each of the four levels of entity authentication assurance;
• provides guidance for mapping other authentication assurance schemes to the four LoAs;
• provides guidance for exchanging the results of authentication that are based on the four LoAs; and
• provides guidance concerning controls that should be used to mitigate authentication threats.

Derived from NIST SP 800-63-2 which has been replaced in the US by version 3.