Editing Identity and access management (section)

==Management systems==
An '''identity-management system''' refers to an [[information system]], or to a set of technologies that can be used for enterprise or cross-network identity management.

The following terms are used in relationship with "identity-management system":<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is identity management (ID management)? Definition from SearchSecurity |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/identity-management-ID-management |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Security |language=en}}</ref>
* Access-governance system
* Identity and [[access management]] system
* Entitlement-management system
*[[User provisioning software|User provisioning system]]

'''Identity management''', otherwise known as identity and access management (IAM) is an identity security framework that works to authenticate and authorize user access to resources such as applications, data, systems, and cloud platforms. It seeks to ensure only the right people are being provisioned to the right tools, and for the right reasons. As our digital ecosystem continues to advance, so does the world of identity management.

"Identity management" and "access and identity management" (or AIM) are terms that are used interchangeably under the title of identity management while identity management itself falls under the umbrella of [[IT security]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Identity-and-access-management-products|title=Identity management as a component of IT Security}}</ref> and information privacy<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Future of Identity in the Information Society|date=2009|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|isbn=978-3-540-88480-4|editor-last=Rannenberg|editor-first=Kai|location=Berlin, Heidelberg|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-01820-6|s2cid=153140099 |editor-last2=Royer|editor-first2=Denis|editor-last3=Deuker|editor-first3=André}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fritsch|first=Lothar|date=March 2013|title=The Clean Privacy Ecosystem of the Future Internet|journal=Future Internet|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=34–45|doi=10.3390/fi5010034|doi-access=free}}</ref> and privacy risk<ref>{{Citation|last1=Paintsil|first1=Ebenezer|title=Executable Model-Based Risk Analysis Method for Identity Management Systems: Using Hierarchical Colored Petri Nets|date=2013|work=Trust, Privacy, and Security in Digital Business|pages=48–61|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|isbn=978-3-642-40342-2|last2=Fritsch|first2=Lothar|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-40343-9_5}}</ref> as well as usability and e-inclusion studies.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fritsch|first1=Lothar|last2=Fuglerud|first2=Kristin Skeide|last3=Solheim|first3=Ivar|date=2010-12-01|title=Towards inclusive identity management|journal=Identity in the Information Society|language=en|volume=3|issue=3|pages=515–538|doi=10.1007/s12394-010-0075-6|issn=1876-0678|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Røssvoll|first1=Till Halbach|last2=Fritsch|first2=Lothar|date=2013|editor-last=Kurosu|editor-first=Masaaki|chapter=Trustworthy and Inclusive Identity Management for Applications in Social Media|title=Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Contexts of Use|volume=8006|series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science|language=en|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|pages=68–77|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-39265-8_8|isbn=978-3-642-39265-8|doi-access=free}}</ref>