Cirrus Identity and Painless Security are excited to announce a new partnership to help organizations join and participate in the eduroam network. We are launching a pilot of a new service called Hosted RADIUS for eduroam.
Cirrus Identity will lead marketing, sales, billing, customer onboarding, and Tier 1 support for this new solution, while Painless Security will lead hosting, managing, supporting and enhancing the service.
For over 10 years, Cirrus Identity has offered cloud-hosted digital identity solutions targeted to the research and education market. Painless Security provides software services targeted to research and education and has a long history of supporting eduroam solutions.
Our partnership will begin with a limited scope pilot launching now. Based on the outcome and continued product development, we will expand the offering to include more options. Pilot customers will subscribe to the service for one year and provide feedback as part of our evaluation.
For the pilot, we are looking for 5 campuses who meet the following criteria:
• US-based
• Organization is seeking to add an eduroam IdP to the federation so that researchers can access the eduroam network when they travel
• Primary IdP is Microsoft Entra ID - organization must be willing to enable the LDAP interface available from Microsoft Entra Domain Services for the Entra ID tenant
• Availability to assign staff to work on implementation within the next 3 months
We will evaluate the pilot as it proceeds and develop recommendations for the next phase of the partnership. Painless Security will continue to develop the product offering to support a wider audience.
Cirrus Identity and Painless Security have a proven track record of commitment to the research and education community and ability to deliver high quality service. We are excited to work with the community to evolve this partnership and our offerings.
If you are interested in participating in the pilot, please contact sales@cirrusidentity.com.