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PARALLEL SESSIONS 2

Shibboleth Developments: download the presentation.

Shibboleth 2.0 arrived in March, 2008. Since then both the Identity Provider (IdP) and Service Provider (SP) have had multiple releases. This talk will look at what was added in recent releases and what will be included with future releases including the next major releases. In addition, Shibboleth's relationship to concepts like user-centric identity and technologies such as OpenID and OAuth will also be discussed.

Tech 101 for Librarians: download the presentation.

In order to reap the greatest benefits from Federated Access Management (FAM) it is usually best for an institution to deploy their own hardware and software, however, uncertainty and confusion about how to do this in a cost effective way has resulted in some shieing away from self provision towards an outsourced service.
This presentation aims to demystify some of the terminology used in the FAM world in order to assist institutions towards the self deployment of FAM software. It will cover the mechanisms and benefits of deploying your own Identity Provider and Service Provider(s) and will be particularly aimed at those from the Libraries who may be new to some of the concepts involved in FAM and Identity Manager.
 
Identity Management Toolkit: download the presentation.



Access won't work without good institutional Identity Management  - starting with the policies that determine exactly who is a 'member@somewhere.ac.uk'  - but getting considerably more complex later!  However, it's still proving hard for some ICT directors to convince vice chancellors, principals and funding committees of this.

JISC has responded by commissioning an Identity Management Toolkit to support ICT directors and staff in making the case, and then starting and supporting practical institutional projects. The Toolkit is being produced by a partnership between Bristol and Cardiff universities, Kidderminster College and the LSE, backed by UCISA, RUGIT and JISC, and will be published with launches at the JISC and UCISA annual conferences in March 2010.

The Toolkit in production is being tested by projects at Kidderminster College and the University of Bristol. Both of these institutions had already seen a need to review, improve and integrate their Identity Management policies, practices and systems. This presentation will give an outline of what the finished Toolkit plans to include and will invite feedback from attendees on what it should include. 

Further information about the Toolkit is at http://www.identity-project.org.