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CIAM & Identity Fundamentals

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What is IAM (Identity and Access Management)?
Identity and access management (IAM) is the framework controlling who can access which systems and what they can do.
What is the difference between IAM and CIAM?
IAM secures employees and internal systems; CIAM secures external customers at massive scale with a focus on experience and fraud. A side-by-side comparison.
What is IDaaS (Identity-as-a-Service)?
Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) is cloud-delivered identity and access management consumed as a subscription.
What is an identity provider (IdP)?
An identity provider (IdP) authenticates users and issues trusted tokens that let other applications recognize them.
What is a digital identity?
A digital identity is the set of attributes, credentials, and signals that represent a person, organization, or device online.
What is customer identity?
Customer identity is the digital representation of an external user: the profile, credentials, consents, and preferences a business manages across channels.
What is the identity lifecycle?
The identity lifecycle spans every stage of a customer identity: onboarding, authentication, authorization, recovery, and offboarding.
What is CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management)?
Customer identity and access management (CIAM) is how businesses register, authenticate, and secure external customers at scale. Full guide with examples.
What is decentralized identity?
Decentralized identity gives individuals control of their own credentials in a digital wallet, sharing verified proofs without relying on a central authority.
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