Authentication Assurance Standard¶
Status: ✅ Approved Version: 1.0
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | GUARD-SEC-005 |
| Category | Security |
| Subcategory | identity-and-access-management |
| Type | standard |
| Owner | Identity and Access Management Team |
| Approved by | — |
| Approved date | — |
| Review due | — |
Description¶
New Zealand government standard defining controls to ensure authenticators remain possessed and solely controlled by authorized holders. Establishes requirements for authentication risk assessment, authenticator holder behavior, binding consistency, and authenticator strength across four assurance levels.
Source document¶
Authentication Assurance Standard | NZ Digital government
Last fetched: 2026-04-02
Related guardrails¶
- GUARD-SEC-003 — Information Assurance Standard — Entity Information Quality Controls
- GUARD-SEC-004 — Binding Assurance Standard
- GUARD-API-002 — API Security Guidelines — Part B (NZ Digital Government 2022)
Change history¶
| Version | Date | Author | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2026-04-02 | auto-generated | Initial creation of Authentication Assurance Standard guardrail from NZ Digital government source |