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IAM

Title

An

A General Inventory of Empirical Identities

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1.1

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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.

See Also

TODO

  •  Enrich the inventory with a majority of Windows “well-known” identities
  •  Enrich the inventory with Linux equivalent
  •  Enrich the inventory with “exotic” cases such as BIOS credentials, certificates, etc.

A taxonomy (Taxonomy (Dictionary Entry)) is defined by bailey (Bailey, 1994) as a classification of empirical (observable) entities. In that it is distinct, if not the opposite of a typology that is a classification of concepts (c.f.: Typology (Dictionary Entry)).

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The more exhaustive this inventory will be, the more exhaustive will be the taxonomies based upon it. Thus, in order to privilege exhaustivity over consistency, this inventory is not composed of mutually exclusive classes . Overlaps shall but overlaps should be documented to facilitate the analysis of the inventory.

In view of the number of documented empirical entities, the inventory could not possibly be exhaustive but at least it should become representative of this wide variety.

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

DefaultAccount Account (Dictionary Entry) Guest Account (Dictionary Entry) HelpAssistant Account (Dictionary Entry)YesWindows

Empirical Entity

Of Identity Class?

Comments

References

Windows DefaultAccount Account

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  • Parent Type: 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

Windows Default Local System Account

Yes

Defined as an exclusive and distinct class of entities from Windows Default Local User Account and Windows Local User Account.

Windows Default Local System Account (Dictionary Entry)
  • Parent Type: Windows Local Account

  • Childrent Types: Windows LOCAL SERVICE Account, Windows NETWORK SERVICE Account, Windows SYSTEM Account

Windows Default Local User Account

Yes

Defined as an exclusive and distinct class of entities from
  • Parent Type: Windows Local

User
  • Account

by Microsoft (see definition). Some of these may be unattended (see corresponding entries).Windows Default Local User Account (Dictionary Entry)
  • Childrent Types: Windows Administrator Account, Windows Guest Account, Windows HelpAssistant Account, Windows DefaultAccount Account

Windows Guest Account

Yes

A
  • Parent Type: Windows Default Local User Account.

Windows

Windows HelpAssistant Account

Yes

A
  • Parent Type: Windows Default Local User Account.

Windows

Windows Local Account

Local Account

Yes

  • Children Types: Windows Default Local System Account, Windows Default Local User Account, Windows Local User Account

Windows Local Administrator Account

Yes

A
  • Parent Type: Windows Default Local User Account.

Windows Local Administrator Account (Dictionary Entry)

Windows LOCAL SERVICE Account

Yes

Windows LOCAL SERVICE Account (Dictionary Entry)

  • Parent Type: Windows Default Local System Account

Windows (Non-Default) 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)
  • Parent Type: Windows Local Account

Windows NETWORK SERVICE Account

Yes

Windows NETWORK SERVICE Account (Dictionary Entry)
  • Parent Type: Windows Default Local System Account

Windows SYSTEM Account

Yes

Windows SYSTEM Account (Dictionary Entry)
  • Parent Type: Windows Default Local System Account