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In Information System s, identity management, sometimes referred to as '''identity management systems''', is the management of the Identity Life Cycle of entities (subjects or objects) during which: #the identity is established: ##a name (or number) is connected to the subject or object; ##the identity is re-established: a new or additional name (or number) is connected to the subject or object; #the identity is described: ##one or more attributes which are applicable to this particular subject or object may be assigned to the identity; ##the identity is newly described: one or more attributes which are applicable to this particular subject or object may be changed; #the identity is destroyed. IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOMAIN Identities may be managed by either the entities themselves or by other parties, which may be private parties, for example employers or shops, or public parties like personal records offices and immigration services. Identity management in the public domain is known by the name of ''National Identity Management''. ELECTRONIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT (IDM) Identity management (IdM) has developed several interpretations in the IT industry and is now associated as the management of a user's Credentials and how they might log onto an Online System . However, this view is quite narrow. The focus on identity management goes back to the development of directories such as X.500 where a Namespace is used to hold named objects that represent real life "identified" entities such as countries, organizations, applications, subscribers and devices. X.509 defined certificates that carried identity attributes as two directory names, the certificate subject and the certificate issuer. X.509 certificates and PKI systems are used to prove one's online "identity". Therefore we can consider identity management as the management of information (as held in a directory) that represents real life identified items (users, devices, services, etc). Engineering such systems means that explicit information and identity engineering tasks become necessary. The term ''identity engineering'' is used where one puts engineering effort into managing large numbers of interrelated items that have identifiers or names. IDM - THREE PERSPECTIVES In the real world context of engineering online systems, identity management can be given three perspectives:
The User Access Paradigm Identity Management in the user "log on" perspective would be an integrated system of Business Process es, policies and technologies that enable organizations to facilitate and control their users' access to critical online applications and resources — while protecting confidential personal and business information from unauthorized access. It represents a category of interrelated solutions that are employed to administer User Authentication , Access Rights , access restrictions, account profiles, Password s, and other attributes supportive of users' roles/ profiles on one or more applications or systems. The Service Paradigm In the service paradigm perspective, where organizations are evolving their systems to the converged services world, the scope of identity management becomes much larger and its application more critical. The scope of identity management includes all the resources of the company that are used to deliver online services. This includes devices, network equipment, servers, portals, content, applications and products as well as a user's credentials, address books, preferences, entitlements and telephone numbers. See Service Delivery Platform and Directory Service . Today many organizations are facing a major clean-up in their systems to bring identity coherence to their world. This coherence is required in order to deliver unified services to very large numbers of users on demand - cheaply and with security and single customer view facilities. EMERGING FUNDAMENTAL POINTS OF IDM
IDM SOLUTIONS Solutions which fall under the category of Identity Management: Management of Identities
Access Control
Directory Services
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