Practitioner Reference

IAM Architecture

Framework mappings are table stakes. What matters is knowing where programs actually break.

A practitioner's map of how identity architecture actually works: nine domains, the frameworks that govern them, the dependencies between them, and the patterns that separate programs that hold up from ones that look good on paper.

Foundation
Operations
Extended

Select a domain to see how it works in practice, where it breaks, and what frameworks require.

Frameworks Referenced

The standards and control sets mapped across each domain.