What Does Identity Life Cycle Mean?
An identity life cycle is a term for the full life cycle of identity and access for a user on a given system. This is often used in a business context, when someone is talking about identity life cycle management, systems that handle the entire context of someone accessing data on a company’s network.
Techopedia Explains Identity Life Cycle
One way to think about an identity life cycle is in a procedural sense – it begins when someone gets hired, makes an account and logs in for the first time. It continues as they access company information through a particular identity access system. It continues until they leave the company or otherwise have no use for their access, or until their access is downgraded by management. It ends when they are effectively crossed off the list as a functioning employee or contractor, or someone who deserves access to the information in the network.
