Domain explorer
12 engineering domains in the Working Domain Framework v0.4.
Search by domain, concept or technology. Filter by a career track to explore its core or supporting domains.
12 of 12 domains · v0.4
- D01Identity Fundamentals
Fundamental concepts underlying digital identity and access management.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: core
- D02Authentication
Technologies and mechanisms used to verify identities.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: core
- D03Authorization & Access Control
Mechanisms for determining, granting, and enforcing access permissions.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: core
- D04Identity Protocols & Cryptography
Standards, protocols, and cryptographic mechanisms supporting identity systems.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: core
- D05Identity Platform & CIAM
Design, development, integration, and operation of Identity Providers and Customer Identity Platforms.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: supporting
- D06Workforce & Directory Identity
Enterprise employee identities, directory infrastructure, workstation authentication, and device identity.
TRACK A: supporting · TRACK B: core
- D07Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
Identity lifecycle management, access governance, provisioning, and compliance for human and non-human identities.
TRACK A: supporting · TRACK B: core
- D08Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Protection, governance, and monitoring of privileged identities, credentials, and sessions.
TRACK A: supporting · TRACK B: core
- D09Non-Human Identity (NHI)
Identification, authentication, authorization, lifecycle management, and governance of non-human principals across enterprise environments.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: core
- D10Cloud & Workload Identity
Identity and access management for cloud infrastructure, cloud-native services, and software workloads.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: supporting
- D11Identity Security & Zero Trust
Security architecture, threat detection, attack prevention, and incident response relating to identity systems.
TRACK A: core · TRACK B: core
- D12Emerging Identity Technologies
Emerging approaches to digital identity, autonomous systems, and identity interoperability.
TRACK A: supporting · TRACK B: supporting
Engineering responsibility comes first
Questions may span several domains. Classify reusable knowledge by engineering responsibility, then link the relevant questions, implementations, research and incidents.
The explorer uses all v0.4 knowledge areas and representative technologies, including the expanded NHI taxonomy and governance coverage.