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Identity Lifecycle Management

What is Identity Lifecycle Management?

The end-to-end management of user identities from creation through modification and eventual deprovisioning when no longer needed.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as identity lifecycle management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on identity lifecycle management

Requirements naming identity lifecycle management across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

Questions people ask about identity lifecycle management

What is Identity Lifecycle Management?
The end-to-end management of user identities from creation through modification and eventual deprovisioning when no longer needed.
Why is Identity Lifecycle Management important for compliance?
Identity Lifecycle Management is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding identity lifecycle management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Identity Lifecycle Management?
Identity Lifecycle Management appears in the requirement text of ISMAP (Japan), Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions, Kuwait National Cybersecurity Framework. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Identity Lifecycle Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how identity lifecycle management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Identity Lifecycle Management applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.