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IAM

Title

An Inventory of Empirical Identities

Version

1.0

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titleThe inventory is very incomplete but the methodology is ok

Summary

There are several loosely defined or implied typologies or taxonomies of identities in the literature. In order to facilitate the construction of taxonomies, it is necessary to establish first an inventory of empirical entities from which to build the taxonomy. The objective of this section is to build such an inventory.

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To privilege concision and readability, definitions are provided via dictionary entries under the References column.

Empirical Entity

Of Identity Class?

Comments

References

Windows DefaultAccount Account

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A Windows Default Local User Account. This object if of particular interest for classification purposes because it is defined as multi-user or user-agnostic.

Windows DefaultAccount Account (Dictionary Entry)

Windows Default Local User Account

Yes

Defined as an exclusive and distinct class of entities from Windows Local User Account by Microsoft (see definition). Some of these may be unattended (see corresponding entries).

Windows Default Local User Account (Dictionary Entry)

Windows Guest Account

Yes

A Windows Default Local User Account.

Windows Guest Account (Dictionary Entry)

Windows HelpAssistant Account

Yes

A Windows Default Local User Account.

Windows HelpAssistant Account (Dictionary Entry)

Windows Local Administrator Account

Yes

A Windows Default Local User Account.

Windows Local Administrator Account (Dictionary Entry)

Windows Local User Account

Yes

Defined as an exclusive and distinct class of entities from Windows Default Local User Account by Microsoft (see definition).

Windows Local User Account (Dictionary Entry)

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