Multi-Jurisdictional Legal Identity Assurance for Capability Gating: A Design-Science Proposal for Tiered, Reusable Identity Assurance of Natural, Juridical, and Machine Entities

Current digital identity assurance systems are inefficient, over-collecting data, excluding participants, and applying a 'flat maximum verification' model. This approach imposes high costs on all interactions, regardless of risk, by requiring a single high level of identification at entry and binding verification to individual institutions and legal spaces. The abstract suggests the need for a more nuanced, multi-jurisdictional framework for tiered, reusable identity assurance across various entity types.

Inefficient digital identity assurance creates significant operational overhead, impedes participation, and introduces friction into digital systems. Addressing these challenges through a tiered, reusable, and multi-jurisdictional framework is critical for fostering broader digital inclusion, reducing operational costs, and enabling more flexible and secure interactions across diverse entities and legal environments.

Existing digital identity assurance systems incur significant costs due to dishonesty and uncertainty.

Forward consideration, not a verified fact.