Glossary

A

Access Certification: Review and approval of user access rights.
Access Control: Restricting access to resources based on user identity.
Access Creep: Accumulation of unnecessary access rights.
Access Management: Process of granting, managing, and revoking access.
Adaptive Authentication: Authentication that adjusts based on context.
API (Application Programming Interface): Set of rules for software interaction.
Application Access: Access granted to specific applications.
Approval Workflow: Automated process for access requests.
Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC): Access based on user and resource attributes.
Automated Provisioning: Automatic creation of user accounts.
Automation: Use of technology to streamline processes.
Authorization: Determining what a user is allowed to do.

 

B

Background Check: Verification of an individual's history.
Biometric Authentication: Authentication using biological traits.
Business Process Management (BPM): Managing and optimizing business processes.
Bot: Automated software application.

 

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Aquera 360 HR & Identity Integration

The Aquera 360 HR & Identity Integration as a Service Platform seamlessly integrates any HCM with your organization’s HR, finance, identity directory and IT ecosystems, ensuring automated, end-to-end, employee lifecycle processes, data synchronization, and user account provisioning.

These processes include candidate and employee on/off-boarding, payroll management, and employee access to directories and downstream applications.

Choose from over 900 pre-built connectors for leading business applications including applicant tracking systems, ERPs, third-party HCMs, learning management systems, ticketing systems, payroll services, and identity directories.

Any HR. Any Identity Directory. All Apps.

C

Cloud Identity: Identity management in a cloud environment.
Compliance: Adherence to regulations and policies.
Context-Aware Access: Access based on user context.
Continuous Authentication: Ongoing verification of user identity.
Credential Management: Managing user credentials.
Cybersecurity: Protecting computer systems and networks.

D

Data Governance: Managing the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data.
De-Provisioning: Revoking user access rights.
Delegated Administration: Granting administrative rights to others.
Directory Services: Centralized storage of user information.
Digital Identity: Electronic representation of a person or entity.
Dynamic Authorization: Authorization that changes based on context.

E

Employee Lifecycle Management: Managing all stages of an employee's tenure.
Entitlement Management: Managing user entitlements to resources.
Event-Driven Provisioning: Provisioning triggered by events.
Extensible Markup Language (XML): Data format for information exchange.

F

Federated Identity: Linking identities across different systems.
First-Factor Authentication: Initial authentication method.

G

Governance: Ensuring compliance and managing risk.
Granular Access Control: Fine-grained control over access rights.

H

HR Automation: Automating HR processes.
HRIS (Human Resource Information System): Software for managing HR data.

I

IAM (Identity and Access Management): Managing user identities and access.
IGA (Identity Governance and Administration): Managing and governing user identities and access.
Identity: Unique attributes that identify a person or entity.
Identity Lifecycle Management: Managing the entire lifecycle of a digital identity.
Identity Provider (IdP): Service that provides authentication.
Information Security: Protecting information assets.
Integration: Connecting different systems together.
IT Governance: Governance of IT resources and processes.

J

Just-in-Time Provisioning: Provisioning user accounts when needed.

K

Key Management: Managing cryptographic keys.

L

Least Privilege: Granting only necessary access rights.
Lifecycle Management: Managing the stages of a resource or identity.

M

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Using multiple authentication methods.
Metadata: Data about data.

O

OAuth (Open Authorization): Authorization framework.
Okta: Cloud-based identity management platform.
One-Time Password (OTP): Password valid for a single use.
Orchestration: Automating and coordinating tasks.

P

Password Management: Managing user passwords.
Policy Enforcement: Enforcing security policies.
Privileged Access Management (PAM): Managing access to privileged accounts.
Provisioning: Creating and managing user accounts.

R

RBAC (Role-Based Access Control): Access based on user roles.
Reconciliation: Comparing user access rights with defined policies.
Regulatory Compliance: Compliance with legal regulations.
Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating risks.
Role Mining: Discovering and defining user roles.
Role Modeling: Defining roles based on business needs.
Resource Access: Access granted to specific resources.
Review and Certification: Process of reviewing and certifying user access.

S

SaaS (Software as a Service): Software delivered over the internet.
SailPoint: Identity governance platform.
SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language): XML-based framework for authentication.
Saviynt: Identity governance platform.
SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management): Standard for automating user provisioning.
Second-Factor Authentication: Additional authentication method.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM): Security monitoring and analysis.
Single Sign-On (SSO): Accessing multiple applications with one set of credentials.
Smart Card: Physical card used for authentication.
Social Login: Logging in using social media accounts.
SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act): US law related to financial reporting.

T

Threat Detection: Identifying potential security threats.
Tokenization: Replacing sensitive data with tokens.
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Using two authentication factors.

U

User Access Review: Reviewing user access rights.
User Account: Record of a user in a system.
User Lifecycle Management: Managing the lifecycle of a user account.

V

Virtual Directory: Directory service that aggregates data from multiple sources.

W

Workflow Automation: Automating business workflows.

About Aquera

Each day, Aquera automates over four million Joiner, Mover, Leaver (JML) transactions for millions of workers worldwide with the Aquera 360 HR & Identity Integration Platform. This equates to over 1.5 billion transactions per year.  The Aquera platform is used by over 1,000+ customers to automate their on-/off-boarding lifecycles for employees, contractors, partners, and students across their HR applications, ITSM, identity directory, and many business applications. The Aquera platform’s integration catalog consists of 80+ HR applications, 20+ identity directories, 10+ ITSMs, and 1,000+ business applications. The out-of-the-box pre-built integrations automate HR processes involving payroll, benefits, timecards, learning management, expense management, and ERPs, and IT worker on-/off-boarding lifecycles, identity lifecycle provisioning and governance, ITSM ticket generation and fulfillment, and B2B partner identity access management. For the long tail of disconnected apps in scope for identity governance projects, Aquera accelerates the onboarding and governance of hundreds of applications. The platform is a SOC 2 Type 2 audited, ISO 27001 certified SaaS service running on AWS.

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