The processes and policies involved in managing the lifecycle and value, type and optional metadata of attributes in identities known in a particular domain. Furthermore, it also considers access management aspects including authentication, authorization and access control of individuals and smart objects when accessing resources. These concerns may include physical and digital elements of authentication systems and legal aspects related to compliance and law enforcement.
The subdomains for this knowledge domain are:
- Identity and attribute management models, frameworks, applications, technologies, and tools (e.g. PKI, RFID, SSO, attribute-based credentials, federated IdM)
- Protocols and frameworks for authentication, authorization, and rights management
- Identity management quality assurance
- Optical and electronic document security
- Legal aspects of identity management
- Biometric methods, technologies and tools
- Privacy and identity management (e.g. privacy-preserving authentication)