Identity on a network diagram
Who something claims to be, and what proves it.
6 objects in this group, each named in plain English with the technical terms kept as searchable aliases. 6 of them carry attack notes, and every one of those ships beside the defences that reduce it. Each has an entry of its own.
Sign-in service
IdP · SSO · identity provider · Entra ID · Okta
The single service that proves who someone is, for every application.
Directory service
Active Directory · AD · DC · LDAP · domain controller · staff directory · identity store
The system that holds every account and computer, and decides what each one is allowed to do.
Second factor
MFA · 2FA · multi-factor authentication
A second proof of identity beyond the password.
Machine account
service account · robot account · non-human account · application account
An account used by software rather than by a person.
Certificate
TLS certificate · PKI · code signing certificate
A digital document proving something is genuinely what it claims to be.
Access badge
proximity card · prox card · RFID card · fob · smart card · staff pass
The card or fob a person holds against a reader to open a door.
The other groups
- Network6The paths traffic travels along.
- Wireless and radio11The parts of the network that travel through the air, and how far they reach.
- Cloud and subscribed services12Things that only exist because somebody else runs the platform underneath them.
- Security and edge11The things that sit in front of something else and check what is trying to reach it.
- Servers13Machines that run something for other machines.
- Storage4Where data sits still.
- Endpoints and devices8The things people and processes touch directly.
- People and organisations4The humans and the entities they belong to.
- Places3Physical locations and regions.
- Process flow7Shapes for describing a procedure rather than a network.
- Threats15The adversary and the things they bring.
Draw it rather than read it
Every object above is in the editor. Press N, type a few letters of the plain name or the acronym, and it is placed and connected to whatever was selected. Nothing is uploaded, because the page is served with a Content Security Policy that forbids the browser from making any outbound request at all.
Open the diagram makerThe catalogue behind this page is published as open data under CC BY 4.0, last reviewed . Every attack note describes a mechanism and contains no procedure. Corrections are welcome.