Federation Assurance Standard

This standard provides additional controls for parties that provide credentials and/or presentation facilitation mechanisms on which others rely.

Application of this standard

This standard has been separated into 2 new standards, effective from 1 May 2026:

  • Credential Service Standard
  • Facilitation Service Standard.

Credential Service Standard

This standard covers requirements for Credential Providers establishing Credentials.

It’s used to demonstrate conformance with Rule 8(1) of the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Rules.

Credential Service Standard

Facilitation Service Standard

This standard covers requirements for Facilitation Providers:

  • establishing facilitation mechanisms
  • presenting Credentials.

It’s used to demonstrate conformance with Rule 9(1) of the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Rules.

Facilitation Service Standard

Effective date and versions

Version 3 () — minor clarifications and control refinement.

Version 2 (effective ) — separates the role of Facilitation Provider from Credential Provider and refines wording of some controls such as correlation and use of unique identifiers.

Version 1 (effective ) — first published version of the standard.

Historic versions of the Identification Standards — Department of Internal Affairs

Contact

Government Digital Delivery Agency (GDDA)
Email: idmstandards@gdda.govt.nz

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