IAM Online

IAM Online

IAM Online brought to you by In Common in cooperation with Internet2 and the EDUCAUSE Identity and Access Management Working Group invites the community to participate in the next event IAM Online which will be held on Wednesday April 13 from3 p.m. EST / 2 p.m. CST / Noon PST.

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IAM Online is a monthly series delivering interactive education on Identity and Access Management (IAM). IAM Online includes three types of presentations/discussions:

Federated Identity Management Essentials - Leverage your existing identity management infrastructure to provide single sign-on access to resources both on- and off-campus.

Advanced Issues in Identity Access and Management - Community developers and experts provide information about emerging technical, architectural and deployment topics.

Hot Topics and Current Issues in Identity and Access Management - Hot topics and current issues gleaned from questions posed to the EDUCAUSE Identity Management Discussion Group.

To Participate

We use Adobe Connect for slide sharing and to post questions via the chat function. Adobe Connect: http://internet2.acrobat.com/iam-online

Schedule

(all starting times 3 p.m. EDT / 2 p.m. CDT / 1 p.m. MDT / Noon PDT)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Social Identities, Open IDs and Guest/Affiliate Access

The April IAM (Identity and Access Management) Online will feature a presentation, case studies, and the pros and cons of using social networking identities or Open IDs to provide guest access to low-risk campus services.

Presenters: Dedra Chamberlin, University of California Berkeley; Debbie Bucci, National Institutes of Health; Chris Hubing, Penn State University

Archived Sessions

The POP is Your Friend (recorded Mar. 9, 2011)

Session Archive (Adobe Connect)
Session Slides (PDF)

Jacob Farmer shares his popular presentation from InCommon Day CAMPs, where he helps new and almost-new participants use the POP (Participant Operating Practices) as their guide to reviewing their identity management practices in preparation for federating InCommon.

Group Provisioning for Federated Educational Applications (recorded Feb. 9, 2011)

Session Archive (Adobe Connect)
Session Slides (PDF)

Looking at provisioning Google Apps or other off-site services with your campus identity system? This IAM Online will feature two speakers on the topic of group provisioning for higher education.

Nathan Dors will share work being done at the University of Washington in group provisioning, particularly as it relates to syncing campus groups with Google Apps for Education. Tom Zeller from the University of Memphis will discuss ongoing activity in federated provisioning, specifically within the area of SPML (Service Provisioning Markup Language) standards.

A Panel Discussion About Persistent Identifiers for Education (recorded Jan. 12, 2011)

Session Archive (Adobe Connect)
Session Slides (PDF)

A number of factors are coalescing around the need for a globally unique, persistent, non-reassigned, transparent identifier for each individual. There remain a number of difficult technical, policy, and process issues, especially when personal identity, trust, privacy, and accountability must be considered. This panel discussion explored some of the current technology and policy challenges presented by unique identifiers and credentials, as well as opportunities for establishing standards and practices.

Federated Access to Science Services and Infrastructures (recorded Dec. 9, 2010)

Session Archive [Adobe Connect]
Session Slides [PDF]

This session looks at work being done to enable federated access to these services and infrastructures, and lower the barriers for such adoption. Rachana Ananthadrishnan presents on Globus Online and Jim Basney discussed CI Logon.

Live from the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference (recorded Oct. 14, 2010)

Session Archive [Adobe Connect]
Session Slides [PDF]

This session provides an update on the working group's goals, priorities, projects, and volunteer opportunities. It also features a discussion of EDUCAUSE's implementation of federated identity management that allows InCommon members to access online resources and services via members' home institution credentials.

Working with Sponsored Partners (recorded Sept. 16, 2010)

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Slides from the presentation (intro slides) [PDF]

Eduroam (recorded July 8, 2010)

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Slides from the presentation (PDF)

Handling Affiliate Populations (recorded June 10, 2010)

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Slides from the presentation (PDF)

Toward Common Identity Services (recorded May 13, 2010)

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Making Federation Happen (recorded April 8, 2010)

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Session overview: John O'Keefe and Joel Cooper demonstrate how schools of all sizes can get started with InCommon and federated identity management, including identifying the specific policy and technical steps that lead to successfully joining InCommon and leveraging your identity management system for use with resource providers.

Provisioning Remote Users (recorded March 11, 2010)

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session Slides from the presentation (PDF)

Session overview: Mark Scheible and Lori McNabb explored the general challenges of provisioning remote users and the specific impact of HEOA regulatory requirements that ask accrediting organizations to evaluate college identity procedures for distance education students.

Introduction to Federated Identity Management (recorded February 12, 2010)

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session Slides from the presentation (PPT)

Session overview: John O’Keefe discussed how Lafayette College leverages their existing identity management infrastructures to provide single sign-on access to resources both on- and off-campus. He outlined the value of InCommon Federation participation, including the security and privacy benefits, particularly in this era of outsourced services and resources.

More information: http://www.incommon.org/iamonline/