Free toolkit · Chapter 11 and Appendix B
Identity System Catalog
A pillar-aware view of how identity actually behaves inside each system, across governance, lifecycle, access, technology, people, and risk. The complete field set, free, plus the fillable workbook.
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Two ways to use the catalog. The free two-page fill-in workbook is the plain field set, ready to complete by hand, system by system. The Guided Edition adds a guided intake and an auto-building register that assembles your catalog as you answer, plus a fill-and-export tool. It is a paid edition.
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The eleven dimensions
Section 1 · 16 fields
General System Context
The baseline facts every other answer hangs on: what the system is, who runs it, and where it lives.
Section 2 · 9 fields
Risk and Compliance
How much is at stake if this system fails or is breached, and which obligations it falls under.
Section 3 · 10 fields
Identity Population
Who and what holds accounts here: people, nonhuman identities, vendors, and increasingly AI.
Section 4 · 9 fields
Governance
Whether ownership and decision rights are real and written down, or quietly assumed.
Section 5 · 18 fields
Lifecycle
Whether accounts begin, change, and end the way they should, and whether the record reflects reality.
Section 6 · 17 fields
Access
What an entitlement actually permits, how it is granted, and whether anyone reviews it.
Section 7 · 33 fields
Authentication and Technology
How identities prove who they are, and the tooling underneath: directories, SSO, MFA, privileged access, and secrets.
Section 8 · 8 fields
People and Change
Whether the people who own this system are ready to carry the work, and where the friction sits.
Section 9 · 17 fields
Future-State and Roadmap
What is changing next, sunsets, upgrades, projects, and regulation, so identity work can be sequenced.
Add-on · 7 fields
Drift Visibility Add-On
A quick read on where the system has quietly drifted from the state it was meant to hold.
Add-on · 7 fields
Catalog Entry and Review
Who completed this entry, when, and when it is due for another look, so the catalog stays trustworthy.