Identity management

Identity management (IdM), also known as identity and access management (IAM or IdAM), is a framework of policies and technologies that is designed to ensure that the appropriate users (who are a part of an ecosystem that is connected to or contained within an enterprise) have the appropriate access to technological resources. The overarching categories of information technology security and data management are where you'll find IdM systems. Not only do identity and access management systems identify, authenticate, and control access for individuals who will be utilising IT resources, but they also identify and control access to the hardware and applications that employees need to use.

IdM addresses the need to ensure appropriate access to resources across increasingly heterogeneous technology environments and to meet increasingly stringent compliance requirements. This need is brought about by the necessity of meeting increasingly stringent compliance requirements.

In the field of identity access management, the phrases "identity management" (IdM) and "identity and access management" are often used interchangeably with one another.

Systems, products, applications, and platforms for identity management manage identifying as well as ancillary data about entities such as individuals, computer-related hardware, and software applications.

IdM addresses topics such as how users get an identity, the roles and occasionally the permissions that identity allows, the roles that identity grants, how that identity is protected, and the technologies that enable that protection (e.g., network protocols, digital certificates, passwords, etc.).

Identity management, also known as ID management or identity and access management (IAM), refers to the organisational and technical processes that are used to first register and authorise access rights during the configuration phase, and then, during the operation phase, to identify, authenticate, and control individuals or groups of people who have access to applications, systems, or networks based on previously authorised access rights. In other words, identity management is a subset of identity and access management (IAM). The process of regulating information about a computer's users is referred to as identity management, abbreviated IdM. Such information contains information that authenticates the identity of a user and information that describes data and actions they are authorised to access and/or perform. Also included in this category is information that describes data and actions they are permitted to access and/or perform. It also involves the management of descriptive information about the user, as well as the manner in which and the individuals who are authorised to make changes to such information. Managed entities generally consist of a variety of components, including people, hardware, network resources, and even applications. The graphic that follows illustrates the difference between identity management and access management, in addition to illustrating the connection that exists between the configuration and operation stages of IAM. [[Category:Computer security procedures]