User Authentication systems in a nutshell

Authentication is a major sub-system of any information system. It involves identifying and validating the user who claimes he or she claims to be. Often, login and authentication are misunderstood as one process. First of all, we will clarify some of the terms around information security.

user account: a digital identity that represents humans but also software applications, Internet of Things devices, or robotics.

Identification: the process of attribution an identifier to a person or an object such as firewalls, network interface…