Multilateral federation facilitates collaboration across multiple organizations around the world. InCommon, CAF, UK Federation and all eduGAIN federations utilize multilateral federation. It is a critical component to Identity and Access Management architecture in higher education and research. Azure AD does not support multilateral federation natively, but there are solutions available to fill the gap.
Topics: Higher Education, Federated Identity Management, Identity and Access Management, Azure AD
An Identity Registry is a system which registers and maintains information about entities of interest to the organization operating the registry, and to make this information available to other systems. This definition comes from the Identity Registries Team in the now-retired CIFER (Community Identity Framework for Education and Research) group organized by Internet2.
The concept of an Identity Registry is not new, though the language describing it tends to be unique to Higher Education.
In identity management, a System of Record is an authoritative source for data about user or other entity. At many higher education institutions, the System of Record is the starting point for creating a directory of users including students, staff, and other people associated with the institution.
Topics: Higher Education, Identity and Access Management, Learning Center
Universities across the country are still grappling with the impact of migrating many of their services online this past Spring.
For next Fall, whether campuses open for in-person instruction, or opt for online only instruction, most campuses will need to significantly expand their support of online services for next year.
Topics: Identity and Access Management, COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unparalleled pressures on IT teams in Higher Education.
On top of existing project lists that were challenging to manage, staff have been asked to support the migration of many, many services to online delivery virtually overnight.
Cirrus Identity can help!
Our final year as a Startup Alley graduate!
Topics: Higher Education, EDUCAUSE, Identity and Access Management
Introduction from Cirrus Identity CEO, Dedra Chamberlin:
One of the biggest pain points in Higher Education is the ridiculous number of user accounts High School students have to create when applying to college. Cirrus Identity was fortunate to have an intern who recently went through the process, and was willing to blog about it! Without further ado, here is part 2 of her post...
Topics: Social Identity, College, Higher Education, Federated Identity Management, Identity and Access Management, Applying to College
This year, Cirrus Identity joins the ranks of Startup Alley graduates.
Topics: Higher Education, EDUCAUSE, Identity and Access Management
This blog also published on medium.
Introduction from Cirrus Identity CEO, Dedra Chamberlin
Topics: Social Identity, College, Higher Education, Federated Identity Management, EdTech, Identity and Access Management
