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In computing identity management (IdM) describes the management of individual principals their authentication authorization and privileges within or across system and enterprise boundaries with the goal of increasing security and productivity while decreasing cost downtime and repetitive tasks.The terms Identity Management and Identity and Access Management (or IAM) are used interchangeably in the area of Identity access management while identity management itself falls under the umbrella of IT Security.Identity-management systems products applications and platforms manage identifying and ancillary data about entities that include individuals computer-related hardware and applications.Technologies services and terms related to identity management include Active Directory Service Providers Identity Providers Web Services Access control Digital Identities Password Managers Single Sign-on Security Tokens Security Token Services (STS) Workflows OpenID WS-Security WS-Trust SAML 2.0 OAuth and RBAC.IdM covers issues such as how users gain an identity the protection of that identity and the technologies supporting that protection (e.g. network protocols digital certificates passwords etc.).