Identity Education Consortium (IEC) is the first professional certification granting body in the area of IdM. With active members in all areas of business and government, IEC is the established leader in the IdM field. For more information on how you can participate in one of our events or become a certified professional, please

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In an enterprise setting, effective identity management (IdM) increases security and productivity while decreasing cost and redundancy of effort. In a broad sense, IdM involves a determination of root identity and persistent verification thereof. In theory, identity is not only who one is, but who one was and will become. A thorough study of the discipline requires competency in many areas, including privacy, biometrics, information assurance, public policy, etc.