Zero Trust Architecture Identity Structure

{
  "name": "Zero Trust Identity",
  "description": "Structure documenting a verified identity (user, device, or workload) used in Zero Trust Architecture access decisions per NIST SP 800-207.",
  "properties": [
    {
      "name": "identityId",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for this identity record.",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "name": "type",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category of identity: human, service-account, workload, device, robot.",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "name": "principalName",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Primary identifier for the principal.",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "name": "displayName",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable name.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "spiffeId",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "SPIFFE Verifiable Identity Document (SVID) URI for workloads.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "idProvider",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Identity provider that authenticated this principal.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "authenticationMethods",
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Authentication methods used: password, totp, webauthn, hardware-token, mtls, svid, saml, oidc.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "assuranceLevel",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "NIST SP 800-63 Identity Assurance Level: IAL1, IAL2, IAL3.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "authenticationAssuranceLevel",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "NIST SP 800-63 Authentication Assurance Level: AAL1, AAL2, AAL3.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "device",
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Device associated with this identity session.",
      "required": false,
      "properties": [
        { "name": "deviceId", "type": "string", "description": "Unique device identifier." },
        { "name": "managed", "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether device is enterprise-managed." },
        { "name": "compliant", "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether device meets security compliance requirements." },
        { "name": "platform", "type": "string", "description": "Device OS: windows, macos, linux, ios, android, chromeos." },
        { "name": "trustScore", "type": "integer", "description": "Device trust score 0-100." }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "groups",
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Group memberships for this identity.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "riskScore",
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Current risk score 0-100 from behavioral analytics.",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "lastAuthenticated",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Timestamp of most recent successful authentication (ISO 8601).",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "name": "sessionExpiry",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "When the current session expires (ISO 8601).",
      "required": false
    }
  ]
}