This article contains summary of kinds and theoretical base of security and criminalistic identification in transformation of time. Systematization of terms, principles and methods of identification can be performed with regard to various criteria with consideration to possibilities of using new information and communication technologies, which allowed application of systematic attitude and biometrical identification. The most common meaning of identification is connected with determination of identity and with using of results of identification as a part of testifying in the criminal proceedings, but the necessity of identification of security activities can also not be overlooked.