Week 1 Modules 1&2 Flashcards
Intro concepts and terms, Actors and Processes
The process of establishing the identities of interacting parties in an electronic transaction with a certain level of confidence
Identity Management
What are 3 reasons to having identity management?
Logical Access Control
Monitoring
Physical Access Control
What is an entity?
Something with a separate and distinct existence that can be identified in context
The following are examples of what? Human, agency, object, users, devices A. Attribute B. Entity C. Actor D. None of the above
B. Entity
A characteristic or property of an entity. Describes an aspect of an entity.
Attribute
The following are examples of what?
SSN, VIN #, IPAddress, Make of a car
Attribute
An attribute or set of attributes that uniquely identifies a subject (entity) within a domain or context.
Identity
Environment where an entity uses a set of attributes for identification, and other purposes.
OR
Environment with defined boundary conditions in which entities exist and interact.
Domain/Context
What is a digital representation of information known about a specific individual, group or organization.
Digital Identity
What is identity information that unambiguously distinguishes one entity from another in a given domain?
Identifier
________ is the process of recognizing an entity as distinct from other entities in a domain.
Identification
_______ applies verification to claimed or observed attributes.
Identity Verification (Authentication)
Evidence, during authentication, is called an ______
Authenticator
The structure linking the identity and authenticator is called a ______.
Credential
The validity of a credential involves verifying what?
A. Correctness B. Integrity C. Authenticity D. Currency E. Attributes F. All of the above
A. Correctness
B. Integrity
C. Authenticity
D. Currency