Identity Management Definitions (comments)

[lachellel]

Received June 2019 - a federal agency comment for updating identity management service definitions

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Item	Current Text	Recommended Change	Change	Rationale
Identity Management	Identity Management is the set of practices that allow an organization to establish, maintain, and terminate identities.	Identity Management is the set of practices that allow an organization to establish, maintain, and terminate digital identities.	Add "digital" before "identities".	Ensure no misunderstanding by casual readers of something ICAM practitioners take for granted.
Identity Proofing	Verifying information to establish the identity of a person or entity.	Verifying information to establish the identity of an entity.	Change "a person or entity" to "an entity".	Entity covers both persons and non-persons.
Creation	Establishing a digital identity composed of attributes that define a person or entity.	Establishing a digital identity composed of attributes that define an entity.	Change "a person or entity" to "an entity".	Entity covers both persons and non-persons
Identity Maintenance	Maintaining accurate and current attributes within an identity record over its life cycle.	Maintaining accurate and current attributes within an identity record over its lifecycle.	1) Change title to "Identity Maintenance" 2) Change "life cycle" to "lifecycle"	1) The title should be descriptive enough that it can stand alone 2) Lifecycle is usually written as one word in this context
Identity Resolution	Finding and connecting disparate identity records for the same person or entity.	Finding and connecting disparate identity records for the entity.	Delete "person or".	Entity covers both persons and non-persons.
Deactivation	Deactivating or removing an identity record.	none

[lachellel]

addressed during architecture update working sessions - closing