# What Is Identity Proofing and Why Does It Matter?

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-identity-proofing-and-why-does-it-matter/50994>\
**Category:** Blog Discussions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-identity-proofing-and-why-does-it-matter/50994 "2020-10-05T13:31:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![robertino.calcaterra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/robertino.calcaterra/32/66825_2.png) [@robertino.calcaterra](https://community.auth0.com/u/robertino.calcaterra)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-identity-proofing-and-why-does-it-matter/50994/1 "2020-10-05T13:31:20Z")

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Learn what identity proofing is and how the ecosystem of third-party solutions on Auth0 Marketplace can help you add identity proofing to your applications.  
[Read more…](https://auth0.com/blog/what-is-identity-proofing-and-why-does-it-matter/)

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**Author:** ![robertino.calcaterra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/robertino.calcaterra/32/66825_2.png) [@robertino.calcaterra](https://community.auth0.com/u/robertino.calcaterra)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-identity-proofing-and-why-does-it-matter/50994/2 "2020-10-05T16:54:04Z")

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**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-identity-proofing-and-why-does-it-matter/50994/3 "2021-12-10T09:21:37Z")

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**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-identity-proofing-and-why-does-it-matter/50994/4 "2022-03-07T14:06:15Z")

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