1Kosmos adds IL4 status to FedRAMP high identity credentials

1Kosmos said it has achieved U.S. Department of Defense Impact Level 4 authorization for its identity platform, a designation that extends the company’s existing FedRAMP High Authority to Operate and positions the platform for mission-critical defense workloads.

The company said the approval allows military organizations and mission partners to use its unified system for identity proofing, digital identity wallets, and passwordless authentication in more sensitive operating environments.

According to 1Kosmos, the certification makes it the only Kantara-certified credential service provider supporting both FedRAMP High and IL4 authorization in a single digital identity platform.

The company is pitching that combination as a way for defense components to strengthen phishing-resistant access controls while reducing the complexity of stitching together separate identity proofing, wallet, and access management tools.

The announcement comes as defense agencies face mounting risks from phishing, credential theft, social engineering, and AI-enabled impersonation.

1Kosmos said its platform is designed to verify the real person behind each digital identity and bind that user to passwordless authentication, with support for military and federal use cases such as contractor onboarding, remote access, account recovery, PIV/CAC bridging, and access to systems handling controlled unclassified information.

The company said the IL4-authorized platform is available immediately through federal procurement channels and cloud marketplaces.

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1Kosmos  |  biometric binding  |  Department of Defense  |  digital identity  |  identity proofing  |  passwordless authentication  |  U.S. Government