Identification management

Identification management is the broad practice that covers the identification and recognition of people and other Entities. Use these resources to develop your capability in this field.

  • About identification management

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

  • Identification terminology

    How terms related to identification management are used.

  • Identification training and clinics

    Training and clinics build capability in identification management practice, which includes understanding and applying the Identification Standards.

  • Assessing identification risk

    Understand how to conduct an identification risk assessment for your service or transaction. Use this to calculate the right strength of identification processes to protect against information fabrication and identity theft.

  • Using documents as evidence

    Additional guidance for when physical documents are used in identification processes.

  • Authenticator types

    This guidance describes various authenticator types and provides examples and considerations for their use. It does not prescribe the use of any specific authenticator.

  • Authority to act for another Entity

    This guidance describes how authorities to act are represented as relationships and how these can be verified.

  • Counter fraud techniques

    Guidance on additional steps that can be added to identification processes to increase their integrity and reduce fraud.

  • Derived values and other calculations

    This guidance describes how values for information are derived, inferred or estimated from other information. It also explains the levels of assurance of these values.

  • Age assurance

    This guidance describes age assurance and how it’s achieved using the identification standards and guidance.

  • Contact the Identification Management team

    The Government Digital Delivery Agency (GDDA) is the centre of expertise for identification management and responsible for the identification standards.

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