Remember SCIM
Full name: System for Cross-domain Identity Management
Memory aid: Systems Coordinate Identity Management as a cue.
SCIM provisioning is different from authenticating a user with SAML or OIDC.
Study area: Identity & access · Batch 8
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals SC-900 · Identity and Access Administrator SC-300 · ISC2 CC · Cybersecurity Architect SC-100
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SCIM — System for Cross-domain Identity Management
Standardizes identity-resource provisioning and management across systems.
Why learn SCIM — System for Cross-domain Identity Management?
Standardizes identity-resource provisioning and management across systems.
Where it came from
SCIM provisioning is different from authenticating a user with SAML or OIDC.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Systems Coordinate Identity Management as a cue.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand SCIM: System for Cross-domain Identity Management.
- Recall this memory aid: Systems Coordinate Identity Management as a cue.
- Explain the practical use: Standardizes identity-resource provisioning and management across systems.
- Explain this distinction: SCIM provisioning is different from authenticating a user with SAML or OIDC.
- Identify SCIM in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- IETF RFC 7644 (www.rfc-editor.org)