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Identity and Access Management glossary

Explore the concepts used across Identity and Access Management, Identity Governance, Access Management, privileged access, authorization and identity security.

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    Access Management

    Access Management is the IAM domain responsible for controlling user authentication, session establishment, and access to applications and resources.

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    Adaptive Authentication

    Adaptive authentication dynamically adjusts authentication requirements based on contextual and behavioral risk signals.

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    Authentication

    Authentication is the process of verifying that a user, system, or entity is genuinely the one it claims to be before access is granted.

    AuthN
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    Authentication Assurance Level

    An authentication assurance level expresses the degree of confidence that an authentication event correctly establishes the claimed identity.

    AAL
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    Authentication Factor

    An authentication factor is a category of evidence used to verify identity during an authentication event.

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    Behavioral Biometrics

    Behavioral Biometrics are identity-related behavioral patterns used as contextual evidence in authentication or session trust evaluation.

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    CAEP

    CAEP, or Continuous Access Evaluation Protocol, is a protocol designed to support real-time changes in access decisions.

    CAEP
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    Context-Aware Authentication

    Context-Aware Authentication is an authentication model that evaluates environmental, behavioral, technical, and business context when determining how to verify identity.

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    Context-Based Authentication

    Context-Based Authentication is an authentication approach in which identity verification requirements depend on contextual information surrounding the access request.

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    Contextual Signal

    A contextual signal is a data point used to assess the circumstances of an authentication attempt or session.

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    Continuous Authentication

    Continuous Authentication is an authentication approach in which trust is reassessed throughout a session rather than only at the initial login event.

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    Credential

    A credential is a piece of information or cryptographic material bound to an identity and used to authenticate that identity.

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    Customer IAM

    Customer IAM is the IAM domain focused on managing customer identities, registration, authentication, profile continuity, and digital experience at scale.

    CIAM
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    Customer Identity Scalability

    Customer Identity Scalability is the ability of a CIAM platform to support very large identity volumes and peak usage periods without degrading the user journey.

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    Device Posture

    Device posture is the security state of a device at the time of authentication or access evaluation.

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    Device Trust

    Device trust is the degree of confidence that a device is known, managed, compliant, and suitable for a given access request.

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    Digital Certificate

    A Digital Certificate is a signed digital credential that binds an identity to a cryptographic key.

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    Digital Signature

    A Digital Signature is a cryptographic proof used to demonstrate origin integrity and non-tampering of data or messages.

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    Geolocation-Based Authentication

    Geolocation-Based Authentication uses geographic information as a contextual input to evaluate the legitimacy or risk of an authentication attempt.

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    Identity Proofing

    Identity proofing is the process of verifying that a real-world person or entity truly corresponds to a digital identity before credentials are issued.

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    Impossible Travel

    Impossible Travel is a risk condition in which a user appears to authenticate from two geographically distant locations in a timeframe that is physically implausible.

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    Multi-Factor Authentication

    Multi-factor authentication requires at least two independent factors from different categories to verify identity.

    MFA2FA
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    Multichannel Identity Experience

    A Multichannel Identity Experience is a consistent identity and access journey across web, mobile, support, and other customer touchpoints.