InCommon Trusted Access Platform
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
InCommon Trusted Access Platform provides integrated identity and access management solutions to enable single sign-on, cloud access, and global collaboration for students, faculty, staff, and researchers.
Target Customer
Students, faculty, staff, and researchers at higher education and research institutions; campus IT and IAM teams
Key Differentiator
Community-designed IAM software built by and for research and education, with a standards-based approach, a collaborative ecosystem, and a global federated framework (eduroam and InCommon Federation) including guest access and lifecycle automation
Implementation Timeline
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Pain Points
- 1Managing access to both cloud and local services at scale for large education/research communities
- 2Facilitating secure, seamless global collaboration across institutions
- 3Onboarding new students and managing ongoing identity lifecycle and guest/contract access
Key Features
- 1Single sign-on (SSO) and access to cloud and local services
- 2Federation and eduroam roaming for global collaboration and seamless wireless access
- 3Guest systems and guest access management
- 4Identity lifecycle management and policy automation
- 5Certificate Service (unlimited certificates for an annual fee) and other software components (COmanage, Grouper, Shibboleth, midPoint, Shibboleth Services, etc.)
Decision Makers
- 1Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships and Research
- 2Program Manager, InCommon Academy
- 3Federation Manager
- 4Principal Systems Engineer, Nevada System of Higher Education
- 5Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group
- 6Grouper Lead, Internet2
- 7Grouper Lead at Internet2
Client Results
- 1Automated and simplified identity and access management processes at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) using the InCommon Trusted Access Platform
- 2Backbone for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's cloud-first initiative
- 3Replaced a homegrown identity registry at the University of California, Merced
Competitive Advantages
- 1Community-driven, standards-based IAM designed by and for education and research
- 2Integrated suite of IAM services and software with a shared ecosystem (Shibboleth, Grouper, COmanage, midPoint, etc.)
- 3Supports global collaboration through eduroam and the InCommon Federation
- 4Access to guest systems and automation of identity lifecycle decisions
- 5Availability of a certificate service with unlimited certificates for an annual fee
Key Benefits
Case Studies & Success Stories
Automating Identity and Access Management at UMBC
Using the InCommon Trusted Access Platform, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County automated and simplified IAM processes.
Cloud-first at Illinois
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign uses the InCommon Trusted Access Platform as a backbone for its cloud-first initiative.
Simplifying IAM at UC, Merced
The University of California, Merced replaced a homegrown identity registry.
Additional Product Information
Product Description
An IAM platform built for education and research that enables SSO, cloud/local access, guest systems, and collaboration; supported by a community-designed software suite and a federated ecosystem (eduroam, InCommon Federation).
Target Market
Higher education institutions, universities, and research organizations seeking scalable IAM, federation, and collaboration solutions
Unique Value Proposition
A community-developed, standards-based IAM solution tailored for education and research, with built-in federation, eduroam roaming, and guest/collaboration capabilities, supported by a broad suite of interoperable software components
Technical Requirements
Standards-based IAM; InCommon Federation; eduroam roaming; software components including COmanage, Grouper, Shibboleth, midPoint; InCommon Certificate Service; access to the InCommon Trusted Access Platform Library and related wiki/
Pricing Model
InCommon Certificate Service offers unlimited certificates (server, personal, code-signing, and more) for one annual fee for any domain you own
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