NIST SP800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines (final version) was published on July Thirty-one (US Time).

Identity professionals eagerly awaitedNIST SP800-63-4 Digital Identity Guideline Final Versionto come out. It was finally published on July thirty-one.

There are quite a lot of differences, and when you look at the diff

95 files changed +10152 -12999lines changed

It seems that the Japanese Digital Agency has already begun its analysis.

One of the notable change is that the perspective of equity has been removed. Also, "user" has been changed to "customer."

Diff on githubcan be seen from here.

I am happy that it was not cancelled along with the cancellation of identity-related policies in June. ¹It managed to get through it.

Congratulations to David, Ryan, Connie, Naomi and the other authors!

1. In June 2025, the Trump administration rescinded key parts of the digital ID policy promoted by the previous administration, effectively eliminating the nationwide promotion of digital IDs and mobile driver's licenses. The administration cited "preventing illegal immigrants from fraudulently receiving public benefits" as the primary reason for this, but this decision has sent shock waves through the digital ID industry.