You may be newly thrown into the multiverse of identity / access management, or you may have been part of it for so long that you either got dizzy or turned cynical.

In either case, this introduction to the field will set you on a straight path to redemption and acceptance into the inner ranks of identity professionals. Or more precisely and importantly, it will help you take part in conversations about access and digital identity, which should help your conference experience as well as your further career.

We will review the foundations of access and then identity, look at the different sub-groups making up IAM, attempt to explain and illustrate most of them, and place them in a wider context.