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OSIdM4HE activity

Summary:  Participants from a number of organizations have been collaborating on creating a coherent set of open-source Identity and Access Management (IAM) software packages to meet the needs of Higher Education and Research.  The activity arose in response to concerns raised by many institutions that current products, both open-source and commercial, are not meeting their IAM needs effectively and affordably.  15 people met on August 9-10 in Chicago to pursue this idea.  The workshop resulted in a clearer understanding of the current state of affairs and commitments from all participants to work intensively on further defining a specific set of development and collaboration activities leading quickly to defined, fundable projects.  Next-phase reports are due by September 16 2011.  For now the activity remains invitation-only.

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Higher Ed Identity and Access Management (IAM) Stack – Pipe Dream or Reality

15 individuals from 12 Universities and 4 Higher Ed Collaboration Associations met for two days in Chicago, August 9-10, to decide just that. The result – A Higher Ed Identity Management stack could be a reality with added coordination to align current efforts and structured projects to fill in the current gaps.

The group first chunked the Identity management space into 7 distinct functional areas, identifying gaps and overlaps. It then zeroed in on the three key ones – identity registry, provisioning, and access management. On the final day they chartered three technology subcommittees to investigate and dive deeply into the higher ed offerings in each of these areas and to report back on a strategy to align these current efforts and propose initiatives to build out any existing gaps. A third subcommittee was chartered with developing the organizational and branding structure needed to oversee the initiatives. Expected to report back in one month, September 16, these subcommittees will reconvene with hard proposals to constituent universities for resourcing.

The summit was initiated because of concerns raised by many institutions that current products, both open-source and commercial, are not meeting the Identity and Access Management (IAM) needs both effectively and affordably.

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