Overview#

Identification is any process that is able to distinguish (or perform Recognition) of a specific Digital Identity within a specific Context from the Anonymity Set to a given Level Of Assurance

Identification and Recognition are synonyms and can be used interchangeably.

Identification is NOT Authentication

Factors of Identification#

Your Identification is determined by all of these:

• Relationship
  • You are an employee at an Organizational Entity
  • You are a Brother to a Siibling
  • You are a Citizen of a Government Entity
  • You are a Customer of an Organizational Entity
• Attributes
  • You were born on your Date Of Birth
  • You have a Driver License Number
  • You have a Degree
  • Your NAME
• Agents
  • Your Lawyer
  • Your Identity Provider (IDP)
  • Your Mobile Device Application

Level Of Assurance#

Identification is always subject to a Level Of Assurance the the Third-party is willing to accept.

Credential Enrollment#

Credential Enrollment may require a high Level Of Assurance as to you Identification

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Access Control
• Advance Passenger Information System
• Agent
• Anonymous Identity
• Attribute
• Attribution
• Authentication
• Authentication Center
• Biometric Identification
• Birthday
• Blockchain
• Certificate
• Classification
• Common Access Card
• Cookie
• Country Code
• Credential
• Data anonymization
• De-anonymization
• Delegation vs Impersonation
• Digital Identity
• Distributed Ledger Technology
• Electronic Identification Authentication and trust Services
• Employee Badge
• Facial recognition
• Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
• Fingerprint
• Fingerprint recognition
• IDSA Integration Framework
• Identified
• Identifier
• Identity Assurance Level
• Identity Attributes
• Identity Certificate
• Identity Correlation
• Identity Document
• Identity Proofing
• Identity questions
• Indirect Identifier
• Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
• International Mobile Subscriber Identity
• Internet Protocol Address
• Issuer Identification Number
• JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants
• Key-value
• Keystore
• Legal Entity Identifier
• Logical Access Control
• MSFT Access Token
• Metadata
• Modular Open Source Identity Platform
• NMAS
• National Identification Number
• National Identity Register
• National Motor Vehicle Title Information System
• Next Generation Identification
• Nobody
• Object
• Pattern-recognition
• Personal data
• Personally Identifiable Information
• Pretexting
• Privacy Considerations
• Proxy
• Pseudonym
• Random
• Recognition
• Relationship
• Resource Access Control Facility
• SECURITY_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL
• SWIFT code
• Self-Sovereign Identity
• Sovrin
• State Pointer Exchange Services
• Subscriber Identification Module
• Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• Token
• Transparent Proxy
• Trust
• Verinym
• Voice recognition
• Well-known Security Identifiers
• Z-Wave Home ID