Introduction to Identity Management
Identity management (or ID management, or simply IdM) is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system (such as a country, a network, or an organization) and controlling access to the resources in that system by placing restrictions on the established identities of the individuals.
Identity management (or ID management, or simply IdM) is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system (such as a country, a network, or an organization) and controlling access to the resources in that system by placing restrictions on the established identities of the individuals.
Identity management is multidisciplinary and covers many dimensions, such as:
- Technical – Employs identity management systems (identification, implementation, administration and termination of identities with access to information systems, buildings and data within an organization).
- Legal – Deals with legislation for data protection.
- Police – Deals with identity theft.
- Social and humanity – Deals with issues such as privacy.
- Security – Manages elements such as access control.
- Organizations – Hierarchies and divisions of access.
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