Which term refers to an identity's creation, change, termination, validation, approval, propagation and communication?

• A. Access Control Models
• B. Provisioning
• C. Identity management
• D. Digital Identity

Answer: (A)

Provisioning is the process that handles the identity lifecycle across systems, including creation, changes, termination, validation, approval, and propagation to connected applications. It ensures new identities are created with the appropriate attributes, kept up to date as roles or attributes change, and deactivated when no longer needed, all through approved workflows. Propagation and communication are integral parts of provisioning, spreading the identity and its access rights to downstream services and resources so consistency is maintained across the environment. Identity management is the broader discipline that encompasses provisioning along with authentication, authorization, and governance, but the specific lifecycle activities described—creation, modification, termination, validation/approval, and propagation—fit provisioning precisely. Access control models describe how decisions are made about who can do what, not the end-to-end lifecycle of identity creation and distribution, and digital identity refers to the concept of the user's identity in digital form rather than the lifecycle process.