Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002031",
  "term": "Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Programs, processes, technologies, and personnel used to create trusted digital identity representations of individuals and non-person entities (NPEs), bind those identities to credentials that may serve as a proxy for the individual or NPE in access transactions, and leverage the credentials to provide authorized access to an agency's resources.\n\n2. Programs, processes, technologies, and personnel used to create trusted digital identity representations of individuals and non-person entities (NPEs), bind those identities to credentials that may serve as a proxy for the individual or NPE in access transactions, and leverage the credentials to provide authorized access to an agency‘s resources.\nSee also attribute-based access control (ABAC).",
  "abbreviation": "ICAM",
  "see_also": [
    "attribute-based access control (ABAC)"
  ],
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from FICAM Roadmap and IG V2.0",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from FICAM Roadmap and IG V2.0",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/identity-credential-and-access-management-icam/"
}