Identity management is the machinery that creates, maintains and retires digital identities and connects them to access. Done well, it means every person and service has exactly one trustworthy identity, receives access through manageable structures rather than one-off grants, and is tracked from the moment they log in until they log out. Done poorly, it produces duplicate accounts, unexplained permissions and sessions that never end.
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