Registration and identity proofing

- [Instructor] In every identity…and access management solution,…users must be given initial credentials…when they are created in the system as entities.…The registration process includes…gathering information about a user…and creating a corresponding entity in the system.…The identity proofing process ensures…that the user presenting himself or herself for registration…is who they claim to be.…Let's take a look inside these processes.…Registration consists of four steps.…First, someone must make a request…for the creation of the new entity in the system.…

For example, a hiring manager might initiate a request…to create an entity for a new employee…once that new employee accepts a job offer.…Second, someone must approve the request.…This person should be someone different from the requester…and approval authority should be clearly defined…in the organization's security policy.…In the example of hiring a new employee,…the request may require approval by a department manager,…or if the requester is the department manager,…