Security Services Domain Model / Worked Examples / Identity & Access Management
Worked Example: Identity & Access Management
Every organisation runs identity and access management, which is exactly why it is the clearest place to see the Security Services Domain Model made concrete. A workforce access programme starts with a blunt business driver — secure workforce access — and has to survive contact with ISO 27001 and NIST 800-63, the everyday threat of credential theft and misuse, and a board that wants to know the access footprint is both correct and provable. This example walks the full SABSA chain for that programme: from the access attributes that normalise the requirement, through an access control policy enforcing least privilege, down to the MFA workflow, the identity provider, and the actual product — Entra ID or Okta — that delivers it in production.
Interactive IAM Example
The same interactive model, instantiated for identity and access management.
Every element names both its real-world instance and the generic concept it plays. Click any concept to see its definition and relationships.
Same Model, This Scenario
Every concept in the base model has a named, concrete instance here — the traceability chain is identical, only the content has changed.
| Generic Concept | Instantiated As |
|---|---|
| Business Driver | Secure Workforce Access |
| Business Attribute Profile | Access Attributes |
| Domain | Identity & Access Management |
| Sub-Domain | Workforce & Privileged Access |
| Compliance Obligation | ISO 27001 / NIST 800-63 |
| Threat | Credential Theft & Misuse |
| Risk | Unauthorised Access |
| Business Outcome | Right access, provable |
| Measures | MFA % · failed auth · orphans |
| Domain Policy | Access Control Policy |
| Control Objective | Enforce Least Privilege |
| Security Service | Authentication & Authorisation Service |
| Logical Mechanism | MFA Verification Workflow |
| Logical Sub-Mechanism | OTP / FIDO2 Validation |
| Physical System | Identity Provider (IdP) |
| Physical Mechanism | Policy Decision Point |
| Physical Sub-Mechanism | TOTP / Passkey Verifier |
| Product | Entra ID / Okta |