Editing Identity and access management (section)

== Research ==
Research related to the management of identity covers disciplines such as technology, social sciences, humanities and the law.{{sfn|Halperin|Backhouse|2008}}

Decentralized identity management is identity management based on [[decentralized identifiers]] (DIDs).<ref name="w3c">{{cite web |title=Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/#dfn-decentralized-identity-management |website=[[World Wide Web Consortium]] |date=8 June 2020 |access-date=22 June 2020 |quote=""}}</ref>

=== European research ===
Within the [[Seventh Framework Programme|Seventh Research Framework Programme]] of the European Union from 2007 to 2013, several new projects related to Identity Management started.

The PICOS Project investigates and develops a state-of-the-art platform for providing trust, privacy and identity management in mobile communities.<ref>PICOS</ref>

SWIFT focuses on extending identity functions and federation to the network while addressing usability and privacy concerns and leverages identity technology as a key to integrate service and transport infrastructures for the benefit of users and the providers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ist-swift.org/|title=ist-swift.org}}</ref>

==== Ongoing projects ====
Ongoing projects include Future of Identity in the Information Society (FIDIS),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fidis.net/home/|title=Home: Future of IDentity in the Information Society|author=FIDISCoord (DR)}}</ref> GUIDE,<ref name="istrg.som.surrey.ac.uk">{{cite web |title=Creating a European Identity Management Architecture for eGovernment |website=istrg.som.surrey.ac.uk |url=http://istrg.som.surrey.ac.uk/projects/guide/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508154029/http://istrg.som.surrey.ac.uk/projects/guide/ |archive-date=2009-05-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and PRIME.<ref name="prime-project.eu 2006">{{cite web |title=PRIME – Privacy and Identity Management for Europe|website=Portal for the PRIME Project  |url=https://www.prime-project.eu/ |date=2006-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010224256/https://www.prime-project.eu/ |archive-date=2007-10-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Publications ===
[[Academic journals]] that publish articles related to identity management include:
* ''Ethics and Information Technology''
* ''Identity in the Information Society''
* ''Surveillance & Society''{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

Less specialized journals publish on the topic and, for instance, have special issues on identity such as:
* ''Online Information Review''.<ref name="Online Information Review: Vol. 33 Iss. 31">{{cite journal |title=Special Issue: Special section on: Digital identity management |journal=Online Information Review |volume=33 |issue=3 |publication-place=     Bradford |publisher=MCB University Press|date=2009-06-19 |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1468-4527/vol/33/iss/3 |issn=1468-4527 |id={{OCLC|807197565|676858452}} |access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref>

=== Standardization ===
[[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] (and more specifically [[ISO/IEC JTC 1]], SC27 IT Security techniques WG5 Identity Access Management and Privacy techniques) is conducting some standardization work for identity management {{Harv|ISO|2009}}, such as the elaboration of a framework for identity management, including the definition of identity-related terms. The published standards and current work items includes the following:
* ISO/IEC 24760-1 a framework for identity management {{En dash}} Part 1: Terminology and concepts
* ISO/IEC 24760-2 a framework for identity management {{En dash}} Part 2: Reference architecture and requirements
* ISO/IEC DIS 24760-3 a framework for identity management {{En dash}} Part 3: Practice
* ISO/IEC 29115 entity authentication assurance
* ISO/IEC 29146 a framework for access management
* ISO/IEC CD 29003 identity proofing and verification
* ISO/IEC 29100 privacy framework
* ISO/IEC 29101 privacy architecture
* ISO/IEC 29134 privacy impact assessment methodology