Binding Assurance Standard

Status: ✅ Approved    Version: 1.0

Field	Value
ID	GUARD-SEC-004
Category	Security
Subcategory	identity-and-access-management
Type	standard
Owner	Identity and Access Management
Approved by	—
Approved date	—
Review due	—

Description

New Zealand government standard that defines controls for binding entities to their entity information to prevent identity theft and account takeover. Establishes binding assurance levels (1-4) with corresponding factor requirements and ongoing integrity maintenance controls.

Source document

Binding Assurance Standard | NZ Digital government

Last fetched: 2026-04-02

Related guardrails

• GUARD-SEC-003 — Information Assurance Standard — Entity Information Quality Controls
• GUARD-API-002 — API Security Guidelines — Part B (NZ Digital Government 2022)
• GUARD-SEC-001 — New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) v3.9

Change history

Version	Date	Author	Summary
1.0	2026-04-02	auto-generated	Initial creation of Binding Assurance Standard guardrail from NZ Digital government source