Vouched has received Ready to Operate (RTO) approval from the Kantara Initiative for NIST Special Publication 800-63A Identity Assurance Level 2 (IAL2) — the gold standard for remote identity proofing. The certification confirms that Vouched's identity verification processes meet rigorous federal requirements across document verification, biometric matching, liveness detection, and fraud controls, making it ready to serve the most demanding regulated environments in healthcare, financial services, and government.

CEO Peter Horadan called it a defining milestone:

"IAL2 is the gold standard for remote identity proofing, and achieving Kantara's Ready to Operate approval positions Vouched to serve our customers in the most demanding, regulated environments with full confidence."

The certification is already being put to work. Since March 2026, Vouched has partnered with Abstractive Health to bring IAL2-compliant clinician verification to patient pre-charting and handoff workflows — eliminating the need for legacy fax-based record transfers and reducing the risk of unauthorized disclosures.

Read the full announcement to learn what this means for identity verification in healthcare and beyond.

Originally published on Business Wire. For the full announcement, visit the source.